WASECA – BARBADOS ISLAND STORY: FILLING UP COFFEE CUPS AT THE COFFEE URNS AT THE END OF CHOW LINE
Photographic print of migrant workers around coffee urns
- 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 1/2 × 9 13/16 in. (19.1 × 24.9 cm)
- H x W (image): 7 3/8 × 9 1/2 in. (18.8 × 24.1 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of men around coffee urns. There is a group of unidentified men crowded around a table with two (2) coffee urns. Some of the men are holding cups and the rest are reaching toward the table. Most of the men are wearing hats and overalls. One of the urns has printed text which reads [F. C. CO. 10] and handwritten [S…]. There are identifying and numerical inscriptions on the back.
- Place depicted
- Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Waseca County, Minnesota, United States, 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
- 2018.17.10.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




