- Photograph by
- Planetary Photo, American
- Subject of
- Scurlock, Ellen Love, American
- Scurlock, Robert S., American, 1917 - 1994
- Cafe Zanzibar, American, 1943 - 1948
- Date
- August 16, 1946
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper , ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 5 1/16 × 7 in. (12.9 × 17.8 cm)
- H x W (Cover (closed)): 6 1/4 × 8 9/16 in. (15.9 × 21.7 cm)
- H x W (Cover (open)): 6 1/4 × 17 in. (15.9 × 43.2 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph (TA2014.306.4.3.3a) of Robert and Ellen Love Scurlock. The are pictured seated at a table at teh Cafe Zanzibar in New York, New York. Unidentified men sit at the tables on either side of the Scurlocks. The back of the photograph has a number written in pencil and a stamp of the date. The photograph is enclosed in a cover from Cafe Zanzibar (TA2014.306.4.3.3b). The cover has a animal print background and a drawing a woman dressed in a hula outfit sitting on a coconut. Text at the bottom right reads: [cafe ZANZIBAR]. The back of the cover has the address of the cafe and information about the photographer's studio.
- Place depicted
- Cafe Zanzibar, Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Scurlock Family Archive
- Classification
- Archival Collections
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Families
- Nightlife
- Photography
- Social life and customs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Scurlock family
- Object number
- TA2014.306.4.3.3ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.