WASECA – BARBADOS ISLAND STORY: CHOW LINE NOTICE U.S. GOV’T SOLDIER MESS KITS
Photographic print of migrant workers in a food line
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 7 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (20 × 24.7 cm)
- H x W (image): 7 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (19.3 × 24 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of men in a food line. A dozen unidentified men are standing in a line. They are all wearing hats of various styles. The men are wearing overalls or button front shirts. Some of the men are holding mess kits. Most are looking at the camera. A few are turned around, speaking to one another. There are identifying and numerical inscriptions on the back.
- 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
- Cooking and dining
- Labor
- Migrations
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.17.10.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.