Defense Worker and Family. They are from North Carolina, at Present Living in One-Room Apartment in Helping Hand Mission. Portsmouth, Virginia.
Artist
John Vachon
(American, 1914-1975)
CultureAmerican
Date1941
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (18.1 × 24.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 8 × 9 11/16 in. (20.3 × 24.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 8 × 9 11/16 in. (20.3 × 24.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Fund
Object number84.78.55
Not on view
DescriptionThis is one of a series of 132 FSA photographs of Virginia; all are gelatin silver prints.Label TextJohn Vachon American, 1914–1975 Defense Worker and Family. They are from North Carolina, at Present Living in One-Room Apartment in Helping Hand Mission. Portsmouth, Virginia, March 1941 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1984 The Social Security Administration reported that many migrating defense workers moved without their families due to the inadequate housing of the 1940s. The family seen here relied on faith-based charitable housing. Chrysler Museum purchase 84.78.55 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. 141.
