Photograph of NCNW press conference with San Francisco newspaper editors
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987
- Allen, Floyd Green, American, 1906 - 1967
- March, Ruth N., American, 1912 - 1998
- Waldorf, Dolores, American, 1896 - 1988
- McKinney, Joan, American, 1916 - 2009
- Henderson, Janet, American, 1921 - 1985
- Leeds, Claire, American, 1923 - 1999
- San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- Date
- 1956-1957
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- Caption
- This photograph is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project which was jointly sponsored by the NCNW and the National Urban League.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a National Council of Negro Women press meeting at the headquarters at 1914 Fillmore St. Pictured on the left, sitting behind a desk, are three NCNW leaders. News editors from four San Francisco newspapers are seated in chairs against the right wall. The caption underneath the photograph is typewritten in black ink on white paper and reads, "NEWS CONFERENCE WITH LEADING SAN FRANCISCO NEWS EDITORS." The photograph and caption are adhered to page 32 of Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).
- Place captured
- San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Women's Club Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Activism
- Associations and institutions
- Education
- Photography
- Politics
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- Women
- Women's organizations
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
- Object number
- 2010.60.1.39
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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