Photograph by
Wolcott, Marion Post, American, 1910 - 1990
Commissioned by
Farm Security Administration, American, 1937 - 1946
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
Unidentified Child or Children
Date
1940; printed later
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on paper
Dimensions
H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
H x W (Image): 10 1/4 × 8 15/16 in. (26 × 22.7 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Description
A black and white photograph of two unidentified woman and toddler in a stroller. The woman on the left, is wearing a dress with apron pinned to it. She is holding the handle of the stroller in her proper left hand. She is looking down toward the child and has her proper right hand on her hip. The woman on the right, is bending at the waist toward the child. She is wearing a light colored dress and his handing the toddler a handkerchief with her proper left hand. Her proper right hand is pressed against her side and has a newspaper folded in the crux of her arm. The toddler, at center, is seated in the stroller and is holding a corner of the handkerchief with their proper right hand and biting another portion of the fabric. They are standing on a sidewalk and are surrounded by large tress. A parked car can be seen in the right background of the photograph. The back of the photograph has the photographer's name and a number hand written in pencil.
Place depicted
Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
photographic prints
Topic
American South
Children
Labor
Photography
Race relations
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elmer J. Whiting, III
Object number
2011.17.195
Restrictions & Rights
public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58ff8f989-edfa-4d37-ab29-93caf4b1888a

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