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| Keywords: state library and archives of florida statelibraryandarchivesofflorida florida dog dogs riviera beach rivierabeach palm beach county palmbeachcounty new deal newdeal commons:photographer=charles c. foster commons:photographer=charlescfoster Local call number: Pr25423   Title: Close-up view of dog: Riviera Beach, Florida   Personal Author: Foster, Charles C.   Date: Photographed in May 1939.   Physical descrip: 1 photoprint: sepia; 14 x 11 in.   Series Title: (Print collections.)   General Note: Accompanying note: "8. The fat, lazy little dog never leaves his master's side and consequently suffers from lack of exercise."   Biographical note: In the summer of 1939, Works Projects Administration (WPA) photographer and artist Charles C. Foster was assigned to take photographs for Florida Writers Project (FWP) writer Veronica Huss' profile of the "Conchs" (Bahamian immigrants) of Riviera Beach. Armed with his Reflex-Korelle single-lens camera and four rolls of 12 exposure black and white film, Foster spent the day photographing Veronica and her subjects - immigrants from the Bahamas, who were derisively referred by locals as "Conchs". While the book was never published, the WPA's Florida Art Project used the images for a traveling exhibit titled "Conch Town" that toured the nation between 1939 and 1943.   Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us   Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/166226 Local call number: Pr25423 Title: Close-up view of dog: Riviera Beach, Florida Personal Author: Foster, Charles C. Date: Photographed in May 1939. Physical descrip: 1 photoprint: sepia; 14 x 11 in. Series Title: (Print collections.) General Note: Accompanying note: "8. The fat, lazy little dog never leaves his master's side and consequently suffers from lack of exercise." Biographical note: In the summer of 1939, Works Projects Administration (WPA) photographer and artist Charles C. Foster was assigned to take photographs for Florida Writers Project (FWP) writer Veronica Huss' profile of the "Conchs" (Bahamian immigrants) of Riviera Beach. Armed with his Reflex-Korelle single-lens camera and four rolls of 12 exposure black and white film, Foster spent the day photographing Veronica and her subjects - immigrants from the Bahamas, who were derisively referred by locals as "Conchs". While the book was never published, the WPA's Florida Art Project used the images for a traveling exhibit titled "Conch Town" that toured the nation between 1939 and 1943. Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/166226 | ||||
