Mexican woman, seasonal labor contracted for by planters, picking cotton on Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Object Details

Artist

Marion Post Wolcott, born Montclair, NJ 1910-died Santa Barbara, CA 1990

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott

1939, printed later

Object number

1998.120.24

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Photography-Photoprint

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm.)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Graphic Arts

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Figure female

Mexican

Occupation\farm\harvesting

Landscape\plant\cotton

New Deal\Farm Security Administration

Landscape\Mississippi\Perthshire

Architecture\domestic\Knowlton Plantation

Record ID

saam_1998.120.24

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7f32ee9a2-1e75-43bc-8a90-35907659a2d7