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Mexican woman, seasonal labor contracted for by planters, picking cotton on Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Object Details

Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Artist
Marion Post Wolcott, born Santa Barbara, CA 1910-died Montclair, NJ 1990
Date
1939, printed later
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm.)
Type
Photography-Photoprint

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