Jamaican employees at tobacco farm, Suffield, Connecticut

Jamaican employees at tobacco farm, Suffield, Connecticut

Photograph

Gordon Parks

Maker
American, 1912–2006

Jamaican employees at tobacco farm, Suffield, Connecticut

[Two Jamaicans on tobacco plantation at the end of a day’s work, West Suffield, Connecticut]


1945
Gelatin silver print
Image: 10 3/4 × 10 9/16 in. (27.3 × 26.8 cm)
Gift of Standard Oil of New Jersey
1980.0536.0008
Inscriptions inscribed in pencil on verso, TRC: 23727
inscribed in pencil on verso, C: 23727 [under applied label]
applied type written label on verso, C: Parks, Gordon \ 23727 West Suffield, Connecticut. Two Jamaicans on tobacco plantation at the \ end of a day’s work.
stamped in red ink on verso, C: PLEASE CREDIT \ STANDARD OIL CO. (N.J.) \ PHOTO BY PARKS
stamped in red ink on verso, BRC: PLEASE RETRUN UNUSED PHOTOS TO \ STANDARD OIL CO. (N.J) \ PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPT. \ 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA \ NEW YORK. 20. NEW YORK
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