Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
WASECA - BARBADOS ISLAND STORY: WORKING IN THE BEAN FIELDS
June 24, 1944, edited 1983
Waseca County, Minnesota, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
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].
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Catalog reference: 2018.17.10.2
