Photograph by
Wolcott, Marion Post, American, 1910 - 1990
Commissioned by
Farm Security Administration, American, 1937 - 1946
Printed by
LIGHT Gallery, American, 1971 - 1987
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women
Signed by
Schad, Tennyson, American, 1930 - 2001
Date
1939; printed 1968
Medium
dye on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 6 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (17.5 × 24.9 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 9 13/16 × 12 11/16 in. (25 × 32.3 cm)
Description
A dye transfer color photograph of rural life outside of Belzoni, Mississippi by Marion Post Wolcott. At a daytime muddy creek near a cotton plantation, a man and three women fish. They are surrounded by dry foliage and dull green mature trees. Seated along the edges of the creek, the man, crouched, wears a sand-colored hat; bright shirt; dark trousers, and holds a long fishing rod in his proper right hand. Seated to his proper left, arms crossed, is a woman wearing a light-colored long sleeve dress and light-colored wide-brim bucket hat. To her proper left sits another woman, her legs sprawled towards the water. She wears a light-colored wide-brim hat and blouse, and holds a fishing rod. Nearer to the unseen photographer among the dry foliage, at the bottom right of the camera’s frame, stands a woman wearing a long pink dress over a short sleeve shirt and wide-brim hat. She holds a fishing rod in her proper right hand. The back of the photograph, from the top left corner to bottom right, features provenance marks and inscriptions: [RWFA 1868 / PF113003-111 / ARTIST: MARION POST WOLCOTT / TITLE: NEGROES FISHING IN CREEK NEAR COTTON PLANTATIONS OUTSIDE BELZONI MISS. DELTA / TRANSPARENCY DATE: OCT. 1939 / PRINTING DATE: 12/86 / LIGHT GALLERY REG. NO.: 107.8]. Beneath the authentication disclaimer is the signature [Tennyson Schad].
Place captured
Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
dye transfer prints
Topic
American South
Foodways
Photography
Recreation
Rural life
U.S. History, 1933-1945
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard Greenberg
Object number
2019.105.2
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd557195bad-5728-41eb-bebb-6f86626c803e

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