Jack Delano
Carolina County, Virginia Store

Carolina County, Virginia Store

Public Domain

ArtistAmerican, born Ukraine, 1914–1997
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Carolina County, Virginia Store
  • Most of the customers at this store are now soldiers. Many of the people in the area have already moved out and the owners of the store are making plans to move. In the area being taken over by the Army. Caroline County, Virginia
DateJune 1941, printed 1976
Place depictedVirginia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 × 13 7/16 in. (25.6 × 34.1 cm)
 Sheet: 11 1/16 × 13 15/16 in. (28.1 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.382
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition History"Introducing America to Americans: Depression-era Photographs from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, Texas, June 10–September 9, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top left in pencil reading vertically "RS 53142[underlined] / F34-44898"
bottom right corner in pencil "Jack Delano"
verso center a stamp reading vertically "Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress"

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Sign in a Store near Bowling Green, Virginia
Jack Delano
Sign in a Store near Bowling Green, Virginia
June 1941, printed 1976
Gelatin silver print
76.385
Proprietor of a Small General Store Which Will Soon Be Evacuated Because it is in an Area to be Taken Over by the Army
Jack Delano
Proprietor of a Small General Store Which Will Soon Be Evacuated Because it is in an Area to be Taken Over by the Army
1941
Gelatin silver print
91.72
Interior of Rural House, Green County, Georgia
Jack Delano
Interior of Rural House, Green County, Georgia
June 1941, printed 1976
Gelatin silver print
76.383
This Former Switching Engine is being Rebuilt for use on the Road, In the Roundhouse at an Illinois Central Railroad Yard, Chicago, Illinois
Jack Delano
This Former Switching Engine is being Rebuilt for use on the Road, In the Roundhouse at an Illinois Central Railroad Yard, Chicago, Illinois
1942, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.185
Locomotive Repair in Roundhouse at an Illinois Center Railroad Yard, Chicago, Illinois
Jack Delano
Locomotive Repair in Roundhouse at an Illinois Center Railroad Yard, Chicago, Illinois
1942, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.184
In the Roundhouse at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Yard, Chicago, Illinois
Jack Delano
In the Roundhouse at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Yard, Chicago, Illinois
1942, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.179
General View of Part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Locomotive Shops During Lunch Period, Topeka, Kansas
Jack Delano
General View of Part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Locomotive Shops During Lunch Period, Topeka, Kansas
1943, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.178
An Engine Being Carried to Another Part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Shops to be Wheeled, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Jack Delano
An Engine Being Carried to Another Part of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Shops to be Wheeled, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1943, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.181
Switch Engine and Switchman Working in the Yard used by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, San Bernardino, California
Jack Delano
Switch Engine and Switchman Working in the Yard used by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, San Bernardino, California
1943, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.180
Attendant at Truck Service Station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue), Washington, D.C.
Jack Delano
Attendant at Truck Service Station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue), Washington, D.C.
1940, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.183
Jim Fletcher Putting on Chains in Order to get the Truck Across the Blue Ridge Mountains of Eastern Tennessee during a Snow Storm
Jack Delano
Jim Fletcher Putting on Chains in Order to get the Truck Across the Blue Ridge Mountains of Eastern Tennessee during a Snow Storm
1943, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.182
E.A. Morgan of Harvey, Illinois, Freight Conductor in the Illinois Central Railroad
Jack Delano
E.A. Morgan of Harvey, Illinois, Freight Conductor in the Illinois Central Railroad
1942, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.186