Long line of people waiting to buy bread in Ukraine
Description
- Creator
- Williams, Whiting, 1878-1975, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Text
- Item Types
- Photographs
- Newspaper illustrations
- Description
- The original photo that provided the basis for the significantly cropped version appearing in Answers is not in the Williams archives, unfortunately; therefore we lack not only a complete captured image, but also any possible annotations that Williams may have made on the back of the photo. We are left with a rather indistinct newsprint quality reproduction of a long line of people of all ages, without the visual context of the immediate surroundings and no information about the city or town in which this photo was taken.
Nonetheless, both in the article and in Williams’ diary notes, we read that such lines were present everywhere he visited in Ukraine during his two week visit. The caption in the article also makes clear that not everyone is entitled to a bread ration.
For further information on: Availability and access to food in urban and industrial areas, see "Context Note" under Related Features at right.
- Notes
- The original photo, taken in August 1933, is now missing. However, it was edited and used to illustrate “Why Russia is Hungry,” (March 3, 1934, p.3), the second of two articles by Whiting Williams that ran in a London weekly titled Answers.
The published version is shown here.
See Special Features menu to link to the article. - Inscriptions
- Caption under photo in Answers: “Even those who are still at work in Russia, and who, therefore, are entitled to a ration of bread, have to wait – sometimes for hours – in long queues before they can get it.”
- Date of Original
- August 1933
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- PD207
- Collection
- Whiting Williams
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ukraine
Latitude: 49 Longitude: 32
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Williams, Whiting. 1933. “Even those who are still at work in Russia, and who, therefore, are entitled to a ration of bread, have to wait...." in: “Why Russia is Hungry,” Answers (weekly). London, March 3, 1934, p.3. Retrieved from: http://vitacollections.ca/HREC-holodomorphotodirectory/3634148/data
- Location of Original
- Whiting Williams [MSS 3580, container 12, folder 1], Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH.
- Terms of Use
- Reproduction of images is restricted to fair use for personal study or research. Any other use requires a contractual agreement with the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH. Contact the Society directly at:
https://www.wrhs.org/research/library/services/ - Reproduction Notes
- Reproduced by contractual agreement with the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH.
