WASECA - BARBADOS ISLAND STORY: WORKING IN THE BEAN FIELDS
Photographic print of migrant workers in a bean field
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- June 24, 1944, edited 1983
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 7 9/16 × 11 1/16 in. (19.2 × 28.1 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 7 13/16 × 11 1/16 in. (19.9 × 28.1 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a group of men, Barbadian migrant workers, laboring in bean fields. The unidentified men are in the center of the image. They are facing various directions, some holding hoes. The cloudy sky and a tree line are visible in the background. On the reverse is a date stamp, several numerical inscriptions, a partial newspaper article clipping from 1983 and a caption reading [WASECA BARBADOS ISLAND STORY. / WORKING IN THE BEAN FIELDS].
- Place depicted
- Waseca County, Minnesota, United States, North and Central America
- Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Labor
- Migrations
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.17.10.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




