Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor camp. George Wright, fifty, ex-showman and jack of all trades whose last job was in a sugar refinery where he broke a leg. He had been on relief since 1929, until the relief agency in New York City sent him to the Elba farm workers camp. Later he was elected a councilman in the camp
| Artist | John Collier Jr. (American, 1913–1992) |
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| Title | Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor camp. George Wright, fifty, ex-showman and jack of all trades whose last job was in a sugar refinery where he broke a leg. He had been on relief since 1929, until the relief agency in New York City sent him to the Elba farm workers camp. Later he was elected a councilman in the camp |
| Date | September 1942 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 9 9/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.3 × 19.3 cm) Sheet: 10 1/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.5 × 20.6 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.16.9 |
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A vertical black-and-white photograph depicts a close up image of a middle-aged, light-skinned man who is smiling and looking off to the left of the photographer. He wears a black knit cap rolled up above his ears, a pair of round wire glasses, and a zip-front shirt with a flag pin on the collar. The shirt is unzipped to his mid-chest.
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"Batavia, New York. Elba FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm labor camp. George Wright, fifty, ex-showman and jack of all trades whose last job was in a sugar refinery where he broke a leg. He had been on relief since 1929, until the relief agency in New York City sent him to the Elba farm workers camp. Later he was elected a councilman in the camp | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=79.200.XX.16.9