Cooking Facilities for a Group of 35 Migrants Near Onley, Virginia
Artist
Jack Delano
(American, 1914 - 1997)
CultureAmerican
Date1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 15/16 × 9 3/8 in. (17.6 × 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 LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Fund
Object number84.78.99
Not on view
Label TextJack Delano American, 1914–1997 Cooking Facilities for a Group of 35 Migrants Near Onley, Virginia, July 1940 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1984 Many migrant workers were tempted to the Eastern Shore with the promise of available work and high wages. When they arrived, however, they often found adverse conditions and poor-paying jobs, and sometimes landowners refused to pay them at all. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 established minimum wage and overtime pay rules in part to prevent migrant workers from unfair conditions and misleading labor agreements. Chrysler Museum purchase 84.78.99 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. 85.
