WASECA – BARBADOS ISLAND STORY: AT THE END OF A HARD DAY’S WORK
Photographic print of three migrant workers, smoking
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1945-1950s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 7 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (20 × 24.8 cm)
- H x W (image): 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.3 × 24.1 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of three (3) migratory workers. The man in the center is shirtless and has a cigarette between his lips. The man on the left, in a white tank top, is holding a pack of cigarettes in his left hand. He is using one cigarette to light the other man’s. A third man on the right is wearing a hat and overalls. He is wiping a towel over the center man’s back. Two (2) buildings are partially visible in the background. Another person is looking out of the doorway. The men are identified from left to right as Raymond Jordan, Reginald Best, and Elrich Codrington. There are identifying and numerical inscriptions on the back. Paper adhered to back of the photograph has printed text which reads [WASECA – BARBADOS ISLAND STORY: / AT THE END OF A HARD DAY’S WORK….. / A SHOWER, A FAG, AND A RUB DOWN. / THESE BARBADOS NEGROES, DIRECT DESCENDANTS / OF BRITISH SLAVES, HAVE TREMENDOUS BLUE - / BLACK BODIES, XXX THE ENVY OF A SCULPTOR / THEY SPEAK IN SOFT TONES WITH A PECULIAR / BRITISH ACCENT. / L/R RAYMOND JORDAN, REGINALD BEST, ELRICH / CODRINGTON].
- 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
- Labor
- Migrations
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.17.10.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




