Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members. The men are arranged in several rows on and in front of a curtained stage with a large Alpha Phi Alpha sign at front center. The uncropped shot shows several large chandeliers hanging from the ceiling and the rose-printed carpet of the room. On the verso are two stamps in blue ink, one reads [APR 21 1962] and the other reads [Burton's Studio / 12181/2 North Kenosho / Tulsa 6, Oklahoma / LUther 7-1463].
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Burton's Studio, American
- Subject of
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
- Date
- 1962
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- H x W (image): 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (19.1 x 24.1 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
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