Esther Bubley

A young negro field worker on the C.L. Hardy tobacco plantation near Maury, N.C.

1946

A young boy in a cap and overalls looks over his shoulder in a farm field.
A young boy in a cap and overalls looks over his shoulder in a farm field.

Esther Bubley, A young negro field worker on the C.L. Hardy tobacco plantation near Maury, N.C., 1946. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 3/16 in. (21.9 × 18.3 cm) Image: 8 5/8 × 7 3/16 in. (21.9 × 18.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 2018.210. © University of Louisville

Recto

Not on view

Date
1946

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 3/16 in. (21.9 × 18.3 cm) Image: 8 5/8 × 7 3/16 in. (21.9 × 18.3 cm)

Accession number
2018.210

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© University of Louisville

API
artworks/58445



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