Street Corner, Newport News, Virginia
Artist
John Vachon
(American, 1914-1975)
Date1937
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 1/2 × 9 3/8 in. (16.5 × 23.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Fund
Object number84.78.38
Terms
- Men
- Mailboxes
- Streets
- Corner
- Farm Security Administration
- Black
- White
- Documentary
- Newport News, Virginia
On View
Not on viewLabel TextJohn Vachon American, 1914–1975 Street Corner, Newport News, Virginia, November 1937 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1984 Behind the man standing on this street corner you can make out a sign that reads “modern rooms”— an advertisement for the efficient forms of housing that appeared throughout the region and typically offered small private bedrooms and shared bathrooms. Chrysler Museum purchase 84.78.38
Arthur Rothstein
1937, printed ca. 1984
