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

Salvation Army. Newport News, Virginia

Artist John Vachon (American, 1914-1975)

CultureAmerican

Date1941

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 7/16 × 6 7/8 in. (24 × 17.5 cm)
Overall, Support: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Fund

Object number84.78.71

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 Salvation Army. Newport News, Virginia, March 1941 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1984 During the Depression, many Americans were frustrated with prohibition laws, and President Roosevelt vowed to end the restrictions on the sale of alcoholic beverages. On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment repealed the law, but as suggested here many institutions like the Salvation Army continued to encourage temperance as a way to improve people’s lives. Chrysler Museum purchase 84.78.71 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. 126.