Fascinating Vintage Of Black Women From Washington, D.C.’s Scurlock Studio

Addison Scurlock was an African-American photographer, he moved to D.C. from Fayetteville, North Carolina to apprentice with Moses Rice, a white photographer. Scurlock worked for Rice for three years and after that he started his own small photo studio outside of his home.

Scurlock photography revealed the life of the black middle class that refuse to be defined or held captive by discrimination. He captivated formal weddings, elegant cotillions, ballet studios, quiet family life in his photographs. Scurlock Studio gave us indelible images of leaders and luminaries, of high society and working class, of Washingtonians at work and at play.

Here below are some stunning photos of Black Women captured by Addison Scurlock in the early 20th century.

#1 Mother sitting on chair with three children around her, piano to left.

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#2 Dr. Anna J. Cooper, in her garden, home and patio, 1930.

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#3 National Council of Negro Women Committee, with Dorothy Height, June 22, 1954.

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#4 YWCA camp for girls, Highland Beach Girls, 1930.

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#5 Effie Moore dancers, 1920s.

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#6 Lt. Alma Jackson.

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#7 Flappers at outdoor sports event, probably a football game at Griffith Stadium, 1920s.

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#8 Woman standing in a kitchen in Eastland Gardens.

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#9 Nurses feeding chickens participating in Cornell Johnson experiment at Howard University.

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#10 Group of women standing on exterior steps wearing formal dresses. Two groups of three girls stand at the front.

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#11 Women’s Tennis Team.

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#12 African American woman sitting in a folding chair under a palm tree.

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#13 Women walking out of Miner Teacher’s College on Georgia Avenue NW. Alumni included Emma V. Brown, the first African American to teach in D.C public schools, and Major James E. Walker, a World War I veteran.

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#14 A woman lying down on the floor, smoking cigarette, surrounded by record albums, including “Lonely Girl” by Julie London, released 1956.

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#15 A woman, associated with the Howard University School of Music, playing a cello.

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#16 Louise Robins Hat Show, December 1949.

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