Beach at Yorktown, Virginia
Artist
Jack Delano
(American, 1914 - 1997)
CultureAmerican
Date1941
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 1/8 × 9 7/16 in. (18.1 × 24 cm)
Overall, Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Fund
Object number84.78.120
Not on view
DescriptionThis is one of a series of 132 FSA photographs of Virginia; all are gelatin silver prints.Label TextJack Delano American, 1914–1997 Beach at Yorktown, Virginia, June 1941 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1984 People in Hampton Roads flocked to the beaches during the Depression to relax and recharge. Jim Crow laws, however, prevented equal access to the region’s natural amenities, and many public parks and beaches remained segregated throughout the period. Chrysler Museum purchase 84.78.120 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: pp. 116-118.
