Farm Security Administration Borrower, Vicinity of Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands

Object Details

Photograph by: Jack Delano, American, 1914 - 1997
Owned by: Corcoran Gallery of Art, American, 1890 - 2014
Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men; Farm Security Administration, American, 1937 - 1946
Printed by: LIGHT Gallery, American, 1971 - 1987

Description: This dye transfer print depicts a man standing in a field. He is pictured from the waist up, under a cloud-filled blue sky. He wears a short sleeve button down shirt in a tan color, with dirt and stains across it and a safety pin fastened to the front. He has a brimmed brown hat on his head, with his eyes concealed under its shade. In his proper right hand he holds what appears to be the long handle of a farm implement. He is surrounded by a dirt field partially filled with green plants. In the distance is a small white building.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of Mr. Lee Minichiello and Mr. J. Kent Minichiello)

1941; printed 1984

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 6 1/2 × 9 13/16 in. (16.5 × 25 cm); H x W (Sheet): 9 3/4 × 12 15/16 in. (24.7 × 32.9 cm)

Place depicted: Saint Croix, Frederiksted, Virgin Islands of the United States, Caribbean, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title: Corcoran Gallery Collection
Classification: Photographs and Still Images

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; African diaspora; Agriculture; Government; Labor; Photography; Poverty

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