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Children of Coal Miner, Charleston, West Virginia by Marion Post Wolcott — VisualArtsDB

Children of Coal Miner, Charleston, West Virginia

Children of Coal Miner, Charleston, West Virginia

Marion Post Wolcott

1938

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 21.3 x 28.5 cm (8 3/8 x 11 1/4 in.) sheet: 27.7 x 35.3 cm (10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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More by Marion Post Wolcott

Members of the Primitive Baptist Church in Moorehead, Kentucky, attending a creek baptizing by submersion

Members of the Primitive Baptist Church in Moorehead, Kentucky, attending a creek baptizing by submersion

Marion Post Wolcott, 1940

Winter Visitors Picnicking near Trailer Park, Sarasota, Florida

Winter Visitors Picnicking near Trailer Park, Sarasota, Florida

Marion Post Wolcott, 1941

One of the mulattoes who works on the John Henry Plantation and is very skilled in woodwork, weaving and crafts. Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

One of the mulattoes who works on the John Henry Plantation and is very skilled in woodwork, weaving and crafts. Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

Marion Post Wolcott, 1940

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

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

Negro Day Laborers, Marcella Plantation, Milestone, Mississippi Delta

Negro Day Laborers, Marcella Plantation, Milestone, Mississippi Delta

Marion Post Wolcott, 1939

Unloading tobacco from trailer into baskets according to the grade, the night before auction sale in warehouse, Durham, North Carolina

Unloading tobacco from trailer into baskets according to the grade, the night before auction sale in warehouse, Durham, North Carolina

Marion Post Wolcott, 1939

Coalminer's Children, Charleston, West Virginia

Coalminer's Children, Charleston, West Virginia

Marion Post Wolcott, 1938

Untitled (old woman seated outside cabin)

Untitled (old woman seated outside cabin)

Marion Post Wolcott, 1935

One of the Wilkins family making biscuits for dinner on cornshucking day at Mrs. Fred Wilkins' home near Tallyho, Granville County. North Carolina

One of the Wilkins family making biscuits for dinner on cornshucking day at Mrs. Fred Wilkins' home near Tallyho, Granville County. North Carolina

Marion Post Wolcott, 1939

Making Biscuits for Dinner on Corn Husking Day, the Fred Wilkens Farm, near Tallyho, North Carolina

Making Biscuits for Dinner on Corn Husking Day, the Fred Wilkens Farm, near Tallyho, North Carolina

Marion Post Wolcott, 1939

Split Rail Fence and Corn Shocks

Split Rail Fence and Corn Shocks

Marion Post Wolcott, 1935