Marion Post Wolcott
Migrant Vegetable Picker's and Packing House Worker's Quarters, Pahokee Hotel, near Belle Glade, Florida

Migrant Vegetable Picker's and Packing House Worker's Quarters, Pahokee Hotel, near Belle Glade, Florida

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Migrant Vegetable Picker's and Packing House Worker's Quarters, Pahokee Hotel, near Belle Glade, Florida
ArtistAmerican, 1910–1990
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Migrant Vegetable Picker's and Packing House Worker's Quarters, Pahokee Hotel, near Belle Glade, Florida
Date1939
Place depictedBelle Glade (near), Florida, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in. (21.4 × 28.6 cm)
 Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in. (27.6 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arthur Rothstein
Object number79.234
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArthur Rothstein; given to MFAH, 1979.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top left corner: ST
Signed in pencil, verso, lower right: Marion Post Wolcott
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top from left to right: Migrant Vegetable Picker's and Packing House Worker's Quarters, Pahokee Hotel, near Belle Glade, Florida // Photographed for FSA 19 // Printed by MPW 1978 / Selenium toned MPW 1978
Inscribed in pencil, verso: 57103D
Signed in pencil, verso, lower right: Marion Post Wolcott

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