Artist
Marion Post Wolcott (American, 1910–1990)American, 1910–1990
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Cotton Exchange, Memphis
- Interior of Memphis cotton exchange just before closing. Tennessee
DateNovember 1939, printed 1976
Place depictedMemphis, Tennessee, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 × 13 1/2 in. (25.6 × 34.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.423
Not on view
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Exhibition History"Introducing America to Americans: Depression-era Photographs from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, Texas, June 10–September 9, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper left reading vertically in pencil "RS 53142[underlined] / F34-52570"
bottom right corner "Post Wolcott"
bottom right corner "Post Wolcott"
verso center reading vertically a stamp "Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress"
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