New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Workers

Artist Lena Brooke McNamara (American, 1890-1983)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1934

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 24 1/8 x 18 1/4 in. (61.3 x 46.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 31 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (80 x 64.8 cm)

InscribedSigned lower right: "L. Brooke McNamara"

Credit LineThe Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA

Object number55.13.1

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DescriptionOil on canvas painting depicting W.P.A.P. workers widening the road at "Deadman's Bend" on Virginia Beach Blvd. in 1934 or thereabouts.

ProvenanceMuseum purchase, Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, Norfolk, Va., 1955Exhibition History"Tidewater Artists in the Permanent Collection," Chrysler Museum, July 3 - August 31, 1968; lent to Mr. Arthur C. Freeman III, of the Public Utilities Department in 1970, but was returned. "American Treasures at the Willoughby-Baylor House," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, January 2 - December 1, 2013.