Marion Post Wolcott
Young boys waiting to be paid off for picking cotton, Marcella plantation store, Mileston, Mississippi

Young boys waiting to be paid off for picking cotton, Marcella plantation store, Mileston, Mississippi

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Young boys waiting to be paid off for picking cotton, Marcella plantation store, Mileston, Mississippi
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Young boys waiting to be paid off for picking cotton, Marcella plantation store, Mileston, Mississippi
Date1939, printed 1978
Place depictedMileston, Mississippi, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 11/16 × 8 9/16 in. (24.6 × 21.7 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arthur Rothstein
Object number79.235
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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArthur Rothstein; given to MFAH, 1979.
Exhibition History"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 15, 2019–March 22, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top center: Young boys waiting to be paid off for // picking cotton. Marcella plantation // Store, Milestone, Miss. // Photographed for FSA 1939 // Printed by MPW 1978 // Selenium Toned 1978

Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: 52250 D

Signed in pencil, verso, lower right: Marion Post Wolcott
Signed in pencil, verso, lower right: Marion Post Wolcott

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