A Crowd At The Bar Of The Busy Bee Restaurant
Artist
John Vachon
(American, 1914-1975)
CultureAmerican
Date1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 × 9 3/8 in. (17.8 × 23.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 8 × 9 7/8 in. (20.3 × 25.1 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 8 × 9 7/8 in. (20.3 × 25.1 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Fund
Object number84.78.47
On View
Not on viewLabel TextJohn Vachon American (1914-1975) A Crowd at the Bar of The Busy Bee Restaurant, Radford, Virginia, December 1940 Gelatin-silver print Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 84.78.47 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. "Portraying a Nation: American Portrait Photography, 1850-2010," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, August 25, 2010 - September 11, 2011.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. 101.
