Entrepreneurs of Underdown Delicatessen c. 1904

• Owner Alexander Hamilton Underdown and his wife, Margaret Clark Underdown (on the right) pose with employees in front of their store, the Alexander Underdown delicatessen at 1742 U Street, NW.
• Mr. Underdown was a member of the Negro Business League and participated at least once in the organization's national convention at Atlanta in 1906 representing "fruits and delicatessen" proprietors. Addison Scurlock’s image is a captivating portrait of a successful black entrepreneur in turn-of-the-century Washington.