Jack Delano captured a haunting shot of a woman at work on her quilt in a smokehouse. Using deliberate composition—meat hanging on hooks along the top of the frame, the subject with a stoic, dignified expression—the photo showcases American resiliency in the face of adversity. Delano aimed to humanize displaced African Americans, in the spirit of a muckraker aiming to call attention to the plight of these overlooked families. Framing the woman in the open doorway of her smokehouse, Delano presents her as confined by her circumstances. Yet just as the use of quilts in temporary shelters domesticated them. The quilt in its frame, with ropes that allow it to be stored on the ceiling, emphasizes that this is the woman’s home.

[Full title: "Woman who has not yet found a place to move out of the Hinesville Army camp area working on a quilt in her smokehouse"]