Marion Post Wolcott
Vegetable workers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid. Near Homestead, Florida

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Artist Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910–1990

CultureAmerican

Titles

Vegetable workers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid. Near Homestead, Florida

Date1939

Place depictedHomestead, Louisiana, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 6 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (16.5 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.6 × 25.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies and Marion and Joe Mundy

Object number2001.168

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Jackson Fine Art, Inc., Atlanta]; purchased by MFAH, 2001.
Exhibition History"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 15, 2019–March 22, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Stamped in black ink, verso, top left: PLEASE CREDIT // F.S.A. // FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION // PHOTO BY: POST [reading vertically]

Stamped in black ink, verso, lower left: PLEASE NOTE: Kindly Return Unused Photos // to the Division of Information, // Farm Security Administration, // Washington, D.C."

Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: 30491m1

Printed in black, verso, right edge: VEGETABLE PICKERS MIGRANTS WAITING AFTER WORK TO // BE PAID. NEAR HOMESTEAD, FLA. [the "F" has been erased] [reading vertically]

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