New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2006.

American Institute of Music, Newport News, Virginia

Artist John Vachon (American, 1914-1975)

CultureAmerican

Date1937

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 1/4 × 9 3/8 in. (15.9 × 23.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 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 number84.78.36

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 American Institute of Music, Newport News, Virginia, November 1937 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1984 The New Deal included a series of programs that provided work for artists, writers, musicians, and actors. The Federal Writers Project employed workers to record local histories, and the Federal Music Project collected, transcribed, and recorded vernacular songs. The program represented symphonies, orchestras, concert bands, dance companies, and vocal groups nationwide. John Vachon’s image of a music company captures the diverse cultural traditions in Newport News at that time. Chrysler Museum purchase 84.78.36 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. 48.