Migratory Agricultural Worker Waiting t the Little Creek End of the Norfolk-Cape Charles Ferry
Artist
Jack Delano
(American, 1914 - 1997)
CultureAmerican
Date1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (15.9 × 24.1 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 number84.78.96
Not on view
DescriptionThis is one of a series of 132 FSA photographs of Virginia; all are gelatin silver prints.Label Texttop Jack Delano American, 1914–1997 Migratory Agricultural Worker Waiting at the Little Creek End of the Norfolk-Cape Charles Ferry, July 1940 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1984 Chrysler Museum purchase 84.78.96 bottom Jack Delano American, 1914–1997 Cars Waiting for the Nine O'Clock Ferry to Norfolk at Cape Charles, Virginia, July 1940 Gelatin silver print (photograph), printed 1984 Chrysler Museum purchase 84.78.95 Jack Delano’s first assignment with the FSA was to document the lives of migrant laborers as they moved up the Eastern seaboard. The Little Creek-Cape Charles Ferry carried thousands of workers and their families to farms that supported what was known as “the Exchange,” one of the earliest farmers’ organizations in the United States. Every year, for six to eight weeks between June and July, the Eastern Shore of Virginia Produce Exchange marketed the region’s agricultural production. Jack Delano documented the migrant workers as they worked farm-to-farm and picked a variety of ripened crops. 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. 80.
