Marion Post Wolcott, [Haircutting in Front of General Store and Post Office on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi]

Marion Post Wolcott

American · 1910–1990 · Photographer

Marion Post Wolcott was an American photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression, documenting poverty, the Jim Crow South, and… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Marion Post Wolcott, Vegetable Pickers, Migrants, Waiting After Work to be Paid, Near Homestead, Florida, 1939, Gelatin silver printVegetable Pickers, Migrants, Waiting After Work to be Paid, Near Homestead, FloridaPhillips · $8,750≈ £6,662≈ €7,799Sign up to see
  2. Marion Post Wolcott, Shoes, Made of Old Automobile Tires, of Henry Mitchell, FSA client, Greene County, Georgia, 1939, Gelatin silver printShoes, Made of Old Automobile Tires, of Henry Mitchell, FSA client, Greene County, GeorgiaPhillips · $6,000≈ £4,568≈ €5,348Sign up to see
  3. Post-Office, Aspen, ColoradoBrunk Auctions · $2,400≈ £1,898≈ €2,283Sign up to see

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Marion Post Wolcott was an American photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression, documenting poverty, the Jim Crow South, and deprivation.

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Born 1910, MontclairDied 1990, Santa BarbaraOccupation PhotographerWikidata Q436687 ↗ULAN 500002522 ↗Museum works 2

Also known as Marion Mary Scott Post Wolcott, Marion P. Wolcott, Marion Post, Marion Post-Wolcott

Works in museum collections

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Marion Post Wolcott, [Haircutting in Front of General Store and Post Office on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi]
[Haircutting in Front of General Store and Post Office on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi]1939 · Gelatin silver print
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford M…
Marion Post Wolcott, [Haircutting in Front of General Store and Post Office on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi]
[Haircutting in Front of General Store and Post Office on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi]1939
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Marion Post Wolcott, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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