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Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
The Postmaster Of Upper Zion; When The Army Is Evacuated To Make Room For The Army Maneuver Grounds, He Will Lose His Job
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

The Postmaster Of Upper Zion; When The Army Is Evacuated To Make Room For The Army Maneuver Grounds, He Will Lose His Job

Artist Jack Delano (American, 1914 - 1997)
CultureAmerican
Date1941
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 1/4 × 7 in. (23.5 × 17.8 cm)
Overall, Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 15/16 × 16 in. (50.6 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Fund
Object number84.78.116
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is one of a series of 132 FSA photographs of Virginia; all are gelatin silver prints.

ProvenancePurchased prints from Library of Congress (negatives on file at Library of Congress,) 1984.Exhibition History"Mountaineers to Main Streets: The Old Dominion as seen through the Farm Security Administration Photographs," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, May 3 - June 16, 1985. Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson. _Mountaineers to Main Streets: The Old Dominion as seen through the Farm Security Administration Photographs_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1985: p. 109.
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jack Delano
Pre-Fabricated Houses Built By The Farm Security Administration To House Some Of The Negro Farmers Who Had To Move From Their Houses When The Area Was Taken Over By The Army For Maneuver Grounds
1941
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jack Delano
This Family Had To Move Out Of The Area Being Taken Over By The Army For Maneuver Grounds; They Are Now Living In One Of The Pre-Fabricated Houses Built By The Farm Security Administration For These People
1941
Civilian Conservation Corps Trucks are Helping this Young Man's Family Move Their Belongings Out of the Area Being Taken Over by the Army
Jack Delano
Civilian Conservation Corps Trucks are Helping this Young Man's Family Move Their Belongings Out of the Area Being Taken Over by the Army
1941
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jack Delano
Waiting For The Truck To Move Their Household Possessions Out Of The Area Which Is Being Taken Over By The Army
1941
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jack Delano
The Owners Of This Store Are Planning To Move; Most Of Their Customers Have Already Moved Out Of The Area Which Is Being Taken Over By The Army; At Present Their Customers Are Mostly Soldiers
1941
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jack Delano
A Field Of Tobacco In The Area Being Taken Over By The Army
1941
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jack Delano
This Woman And Her Family Moved From The Area Taken Over By The Army To A Pre-Fabricated House Built By The Farm Security Administration To House Some Of The People Forced Out Of Their Homes
1941
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jack Delano
The Formerly Quiet Town Of Bowling Green Now Has Huge Army Trucks Rolling Through It All Day
1941
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jack Delano
A Tenant Farmer And Some Members Of His Family In The Field Ready For Tobacco Planting
1940
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jack Delano
A Negro Farmer Plowing His Field Of Four Acres
1940
The Family Of Russell Tombs Moving Out Of Their Home Which Is In The Area Taken Over By The Army
Jack Delano
The Family Of Russell Tombs Moving Out Of Their Home Which Is In The Area Taken Over By The Army
June 1941
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jack Delano
The Dock At Little Creek
1940
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