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Dinner guests of Perry W. Howard, Whitelaw Hotel, Washington, D.C. / Scurlock, photo. – Vintage Photo Print

Dinner guests of Perry W. Howard, Whitelaw Hotel, Washington, D.C. / Scurlock, photo., [19]27 Dec. 6. — historic photograph
Dinner guests of Perry W. Howard, Whitelaw Hotel, Washington, D.C. / Scurlock, photo., [19]27 Dec. 6.. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Dinner guests of Perry W. Howard, Whitelaw Hotel, Washington, D.C. / Scurlock, photo.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Dinner guests of Perry W. Howard, Whitelaw Hotel, Washington, D.C. / Scurlock, photo.

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A dinner party at the Whitelaw Hotel on U Street, captured by the Scurlock studio in December 1927, anchors this portrait of Perry W. Howard, a Mississippi-born lawyer and Republican politician active in Washington. The Whitelaw was one of the city's best-known hotels for Black travelers and residents, and it sat at the center of the U Street neighborhood's social and cultural life in the 1920s. Scurlock's studio documented Black Washington's professional and social circles for decades, so the image offers a glimpse of the formal dining rooms and gatherings of the city's middle class during the Jazz Age.

Created / published[19]27 Dec. 6.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortraits 1920-1930.Group portraits 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesNo. 3.
SubjectsHoward, Perry W.,--1877-1961. African Americans--Social life--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Eating & drinking--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Dining rooms--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,302 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-183906

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