- Photograph by
- Bull, Russell, American, 1906 - 1981
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Nationwide Air and Transport Service, Inc., American, 1946 - 1950
- Green Giant Company, American, founded 1903
- Date
- 1946-1950
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 7 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (20 × 35.3 cm)
- H x W (image): 7 11/16 × 13 9/16 in. (19.5 × 34.4 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of men in front of a plane. The men are standing in a line facing the camera, wearing jackets and hats. A plane is in the background, with the nose pointed away from the camera and a wing partially visible behind the men. There is a crease in the center of the image. On the reverse is the inscription: "Bahamian foreign farm labor arrive at / airport, flown here by Nationwide Air / Transport Service. Miami Fla. / over 1,000 will be flown into Upper Midwest to work in pea & corn canning Companys [sic]."
- Place depicted
- Le Sueur, Minnesota, United States, North and Central America
- Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Labor
- Migrations
- Photography
- Transportation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.17.10.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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