Aboard the "Princess Anne," The Super-Deluxe Luxury Liner Ferry from Norfolk to Cape Charles
Artist
Jack Delano
(American, 1914 - 1997)
CultureAmerican
DateJuly 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 1/2 × 9 3/8 in. (16.5 × 23.8 cm)
Overall, Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number85.1.25
Not on view
DescriptionThis is one of a series of gelatin silver prints; FSA photographs in Virginia.Label TextJack Delano American, 1914–1997 Aboard the “Princess Anne,” The Super-Deluxe Luxury Liner Ferry from Norfolk to Cape Charles, July 1940 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1985 The S. S. Princess Anne was largest and fastest automobile and passenger transport of its type in the world. At 260 feet long, the vessel could carry 100 automobiles and 1,200 passengers. The distance between Cape Charles and Little Creek was 26½ miles, requiring a crossing time of almost 2 hours. Chrysler Museum purchase 85.1.25 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. 83.
