Marion Post Wolcott
Coal Miner's Child Carrying Home Can of Kerosene, Scotts Run, West Virginia. Company Owned Houses

Coal Miner's Child Carrying Home Can of Kerosene, Scotts Run, West Virginia.  Company Owned Houses

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Coal Miner's Child Carrying Home Can of Kerosene, Scotts Run, West Virginia. Company Owned Houses
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Coal Miner's Child Carrying Home Can of Kerosene, Scotts Run, West Virginia. Company Owned Houses
Date1938
Place depictedScotts Run, West Virginia, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 15/16 × 11 7/8 in. (22.7 × 30.2 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arthur Rothstein
Object number79.231
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArthur Rothstein; given to MFAH, 1979.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston February 27 - May 1, 1988

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top left to right in pencil as in the title above, followed by "Photographed for FSA 1938 / Printed by MPW 1977"
center in pencil "30180M2"
verso lower right in pencil "Marion Post Wolcott"

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