- 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.




