Marion Post Wolcott
Coal Miner's Child Carrying Home Can of Kerosene, Scotts Run, West Virginia. Company Owned Houses
Artist
Marion Post Wolcott (American, 1910–1990)American, 1910–1990
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)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arthur Rothstein
Object number79.231
Not on view
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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"
center in pencil "30180M2"
verso lower right in pencil "Marion Post Wolcott"
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