Marion Palfi
Paradise Valley

Paradise Valley
ArtistAmerican, born Germany, 1907–1978
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Paradise Valley
  • from the series Suffer Little Children
Date1946–1949
PlaceDetroit, Michigan, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet:7 7/8 × 9 11/16 in. (20.1 × 24.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies
Object number81.57
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1981.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Xerox of the back of photograph is on file in Registration.

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Marion Palfi
Untitled (three black girls in Washington)
c. 1979
Gelatin silver print
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Rock Forms, Natural Bridge, Alabama
1983
Gelatin silver print
86.136
Transportation for Hepcats, Louisville, Kentucky
Marion Post Wolcott
Transportation for Hepcats, Louisville, Kentucky
1940
Gelatin silver print
79.241
Unemployed Miner's Wife Suffering from Tuberculosis, on Porch of Company Owned House, Marine, West Virginia
Marion Post Wolcott
Unemployed Miner's Wife Suffering from Tuberculosis, on Porch of Company Owned House, Marine, West Virginia
1938
Gelatin silver print
79.232
Negro Farmer who has brought his cotton samples to town discusses price with cotton buyer
Marion Post Wolcott
Negro Farmer who has brought his cotton samples to town discusses price with cotton buyer
November 1939
Gelatin silver print
2001.169
Vegetable workers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid. Near Homestead, Florida
Marion Post Wolcott
Vegetable workers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid. Near Homestead, Florida
1939
Gelatin silver print
2001.168
Bale of Cotton after compression. Memphis, Tenn.
Marion Post Wolcott
Bale of Cotton after compression. Memphis, Tenn.
November 1939
Gelatin silver print
2001.170
Mexican Coal Miner and Child, West Virginia
Marion Post Wolcott
Mexican Coal Miner and Child, West Virginia
1938
Gelatin silver print
79.230
Coal Miner's Child Carrying Home Can of Kerosene, Scotts Run, West Virginia. Company Owned Houses
Marion Post Wolcott
Coal Miner's Child Carrying Home Can of Kerosene, Scotts Run, West Virginia. Company Owned Houses
1938
Gelatin silver print
79.231
Children of tenant farmer, younger one with severe rickets, from malnourishment. Land worn out from cotton-tobacco culture, near Wadesboro, North Carolina
Marion Post Wolcott
Children of tenant farmer, younger one with severe rickets, from malnourishment. Land worn out from cotton-tobacco culture, near Wadesboro, North Carolina
December 1938, printed 1977
Gelatin silver print
79.233
Migrant Vegetable Picker's and Packing House Worker's Quarters, Pahokee Hotel, near Belle Glade, Florida
Marion Post Wolcott
Migrant Vegetable Picker's and Packing House Worker's Quarters, Pahokee Hotel, near Belle Glade, Florida
1939
Gelatin silver print
79.234
Young boys waiting to be paid off for picking cotton, Marcella plantation store, Mileston, Mississippi
Marion Post Wolcott
Young boys waiting to be paid off for picking cotton, Marcella plantation store, Mileston, Mississippi
1939, printed 1978
Gelatin silver print
79.235