Tourist house, Truro. Cape Verde Islander (Portuguese) who came to this country more than forty years as a fisherman later took work on the railroad. After thirty years on the railroad he had a stroke, now makes most of his income from boarding tourists in his lovely house during the short season. Truro, Massachusetts
Summary
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Temp. note: usf34batch1
Tags
massachusetts
barnstable county
truro
safety film negatives
lot 1257
edwin rosskam
photo
railroad
tourist house
cape verde islander
forty years
thirty years
ultra high resolution
high resolution
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
portrait photographs
workers
farmers
agriculture
library of congress
Date
01/01/1940
Location
barnstable county
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html