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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, 'Tenant Farmer's Children, Wadesboro, North Carolina', 1938, Gelatin silver print
'Tenant Farmer's Children, Wadesboro, North Carolina', 1938
Bonhams · Feb 27, 2026
$768Sign up free to see
Marion Post Wolcott, Winter visitors picnic on running board of car, Sarasota, Florida, 1941, Selenium-toned gelatin silver print, printed
Winter visitors picnic on running board of car, Sarasota, Florida, 1941
Lempertz · Dec 3, 2025
€1,512Sign up free to see
Marion Post Wolcott, Woodstock, VT, 1940, vintage gelatin silver print
Woodstock, VT, 1940
Rago Auctions · Nov 21, 2025
$445Sign up free to see
Marion Post Wolcott, A Member of the Wilkins Family Making Biscuits on Corn Husking Day Near Tallyho, North Carolina 1939, gelatin silver print
A Member of the Wilkins Family Making Biscuits on Corn Husking Day Near Tallyho, North Carolina 1939
Rago Auctions · Nov 4, 2025
$889Sign up free to see
Marion Post Wolcott, Selected Images from the Farm Security Administration, 1940, Two dye transfer prints, printed 1985 and 1986
Selected Images from the Farm Security Administration, 1940
Phillips · Dec 10, 2024
$699Sign up free to see
Post-Office, Aspen, Colorado, 1941
Brunk Auctions · Dec 3, 2024
$2,400Sign up free to see
Marion Post Wolcott, Fishing in creek near cotton plantations outside Belzoni, Mississippi Delta, gelatin silver print
Fishing in creek near cotton plantations outside Belzoni, Mississippi Delta
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 10, 2024
$1,008Sign up free to see
Marion Post Wolcott, Virginia, Thanksgiving Turkey Diner, gelatin silver print
Virginia, Thanksgiving Turkey Diner
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 10, 2024
$630Sign up free to see
Marion Post Wolcott, Corn Husking Day near Tallyho, N.C., gelatin silver print
Corn Husking Day near Tallyho, N.C.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Mar 8, 2024
$504Sign up free to see
Marion Post Wolcott, Woodstock, Vermont Has Nine Ski Towns and is Generally Very Crowded With Skiers on Weekends, 1939-40, Gelatin silver print
Woodstock, Vermont Has Nine Ski Towns and is Generally Very Crowded With Skiers on Weekends, 1939-40
Bonhams · Aug 8, 2023
$448Sign up free to see
Migrant Food Line, 1939
Brunk Auctions · Oct 14, 2022
$700Sign up free to see
Figures on Porch
Brunk Auctions · Oct 14, 2022
$400Sign up free to see
Marion Post Wolcott, Shoes, Made of Old Automobile Tires, of Henry Mitchell, FSA client, Greene County, Georgia, 1939, Gelatin silver print
Shoes, Made of Old Automobile Tires, of Henry Mitchell, FSA client, Greene County, Georgia, 1939
Phillips · Apr 4, 2019
$6,000Sign up free to see
Marion Post Wolcott, Vegetable Pickers, Migrants, Waiting After Work to be Paid, Near Homestead, Florida, 1939, Gelatin silver print
Vegetable Pickers, Migrants, Waiting After Work to be Paid, Near Homestead, Florida, 1939
Phillips · Apr 4, 2019
$8,750Sign up free to see
Marion Post Wolcott, A Spanish muskrat trapper in the doorway of his marsh home, Delacroix Island, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, 1941, Gelatin silver print
A Spanish muskrat trapper in the doorway of his marsh home, Delacroix Island, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, 1941
Bonhams · Dec 14, 2015
$250Sign up free to see
Marion Post Wolcott, Tenant Farmer's Children, Wadesboro, North Carolina, 1938, Selenium toned gelatin silver print
Tenant Farmer's Children, Wadesboro, North Carolina, 1938
Bonhams · Jan 26, 2015
$1,875Sign up free to see
Marion Post Wolcott, Child in log cabin doorway, Jackson, Kentucky, 1940, Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Child in log cabin doorway, Jackson, Kentucky, 1940
Bonhams · Jan 26, 2015
$938Sign up free to see
Marion Post Wolcott, Canal Point, Silver gelatin print
Canal Point
Sloans & Kenyon · Jun 20, 2008
$550Sign up free to see
Marion Post Wolcott, Selected Images, 1938-1941, Four gelatin silver prints, printed later
Selected Images, 1938-1941
Phillips · Dec 10, 2024
Marion Post Wolcott, Hot lunches for children of agricultural workers in day nursery of Okeechobee, Migratory Labor camp, Belle Glade, Florida, gelatin silver print
Hot lunches for children of agricultural workers in day nursery of Okeechobee, Migratory Labor camp, Belle Glade, Florida
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 10, 2024
Marion Post Wolcott, Coal Miner's Child Carrying Home Can of Kerosene, Scotts Run, West Virginia, 1938, Selenium-toned gelatin silver print
Coal Miner's Child Carrying Home Can of Kerosene, Scotts Run, West Virginia, 1938
Bonhams · Jul 20, 2015
Marion Post Wolcott, A Spanish muskrat trapper in the doorway of his marsh home, Delacroix Island, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, 1941, Gelatin silver print
A Spanish muskrat trapper in the doorway of his marsh home, Delacroix Island, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, 1941
Bonhams · Jul 20, 2015
Marion Post Wolcott, Coal Miner's Child Carrying Home Can of Kerosene, Scotts Run, West Virginia, 1938, Selenium-toned gelatin silver print
Coal Miner's Child Carrying Home Can of Kerosene, Scotts Run, West Virginia, 1938
Bonhams · Jan 26, 2015
Marion Post Wolcott, A Spanish muskrat trapper in the doorway of his marsh home, Delacroix Island, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, 1941, Gelatin silver print
A Spanish muskrat trapper in the doorway of his marsh home, Delacroix Island, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, 1941
Bonhams · Jan 26, 2015
Marion Post Wolcott, Selected Images, 1938-1939, Three selenium toned gelatin silver prints, printed later
Selected Images, 1938-1939
Phillips · Oct 1, 2014
Marion Post Wolcott, Cotton pickers with bags of cotton on their backs, Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi, circa 1940, Gelatin silver print
Cotton pickers with bags of cotton on their backs, Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi, circa 1940
Phillips · Oct 1, 2013
Marion Post Wolcott, Canal Point, Silver gelatin print
Canal Point
Sloans & Kenyon · Feb 8, 2008

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

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

Related artists — American, born 1885–1935