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One Room School House, Breathitt County, Kentucky by Marion Post Wolcott — VisualArtsDB

One Room School House, Breathitt County, Kentucky

One Room School House, Breathitt County, Kentucky

Marion Post Wolcott

1940

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 22.7 × 30.6 cm (8 15/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)
Genre: gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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portraits: child subjectdocumentaryphotographic techniquesphotographyphotographic processesblack-and-white photographygelatin silver (developing-out-paper) prphotographportraits: multiple subjectsphotographic processphotographic paperdocumentariesportraits

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Tenant Farmer's Children, Younger One with Rickets from Malnutrition. Eroded Land the Result of Tobacco-Cotton Weevel. Wadesboro, North Carolina

Tenant Farmer's Children, Younger One with Rickets from Malnutrition. Eroded Land the Result of Tobacco-Cotton Weevel. Wadesboro, North Carolina

Marion Post Wolcott, 1935

Baptism of members of Primitive Baptist Church, in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, near Morehead, Kentucky

Baptism of members of Primitive Baptist Church, in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, near Morehead, Kentucky

Marion Post Wolcott, 1940

Negro Day Laborers, Marcella Plantation, Milestone, Mississippi Delta

Negro Day Laborers, Marcella Plantation, Milestone, Mississippi Delta

Marion Post Wolcott, 1939

Mr. R.B. Whitley in his general store, Wendell, North Carolina. (He also owns a cotton exchange, real estate and is president of the bank)

Mr. R.B. Whitley in his general store, Wendell, North Carolina. (He also owns a cotton exchange, real estate and is president of the bank)

Marion Post Wolcott, 1940

Coalminer's Children, Charleston, West Virginia

Coalminer's Children, Charleston, West Virginia

Marion Post Wolcott, 1938

Negro man entering a movie theatre by outside stairway "For Colored Only" in the Delta area, Belzoni, Mississippi

Negro man entering a movie theatre by outside stairway "For Colored Only" in the Delta area, Belzoni, Mississippi

Marion Post Wolcott, 1939

Two Couples in Booth at Juke Joint, Moorehaven, Florida

Two Couples in Booth at Juke Joint, Moorehaven, Florida

Marion Post Wolcott, 1939

Winter Visitors Picnicking near Trailer Park, Sarasota, Florida

Winter Visitors Picnicking near Trailer Park, Sarasota, Florida

Marion Post Wolcott, 1941

Brunch being served to winter visitor in private club, Miami, Florida

Brunch being served to winter visitor in private club, Miami, Florida

Marion Post Wolcott, 1939

Migrant Pickers Playing Checkers After a Freeze-Out in the Vegetable Growing Area near Lake Okeechenobee, Homestead, Florida

Migrant Pickers Playing Checkers After a Freeze-Out in the Vegetable Growing Area near Lake Okeechenobee, Homestead, Florida

Marion Post Wolcott, 1939

Sunset village, an FSA defense housing project, Radford, Virginia

Sunset village, an FSA defense housing project, Radford, Virginia

Marion Post Wolcott, 1941

Taking a rest from hoeing cotton, on the Allen Plantation, Natchitoches, Louisiana; An FSA Co-op

Taking a rest from hoeing cotton, on the Allen Plantation, Natchitoches, Louisiana; An FSA Co-op

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