<I>WASECA – BARBADOS ISLAND STORY: AT THE END OF A HARD DAY’S WORK</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1945-1950s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: 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: label: Place depicted
content: Waseca County, Minnesota, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Photographic print of three migrant workers, smoking
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Migrations
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.17.10.7
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 7 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (20 × 24.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.3 × 24.1 cm)