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Marion Post Wolcott

Miners and Kids on Porch, Playing Cards, West Virginia

1937

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Marion Post Wolcott

Miners and Kids on Porch, Playing Cards, West Virginia

1937

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Image/Sheet: 163 x 237 mm. (6 7/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Roger M. Dalsheimer Photography Fund
Object Number 1990.56
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase from Susan Ehrens, by purchase from the artist.
Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960

Picturing America 1930-1960: Photographs from The Baltimore Museum of Art

Inscribed: Verso: at top, in graphite: "Miners + kids on porch, playing cards, W. Va. 1939"; at upper center: "30248 H/2 [graphite] / Post - Wolcott for FSA [blue ink] / 30248M2 [graphite]"; at bottom, in graphite: "Original vintage F.S.A. print Marion Post Wolcott"

Markings: None

Artist

Marion Post Wolcott

1909–1989

American, 1910-1990
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