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Lot 250
Sale 5856 - Photographs & Photobooks
Sep 11, 2019
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MARION POST WOLCOTT (AMERICAN, 1910–1990) NEGRO CHURCH NEAR MANNING, SOUTH CAROLINA
1939, printed ca. 1970s. Title, dates, and code in pencil in an unknown hand, and "Reproduced from the Collections of the Library of Congress" label on verso. Gelatin silver print.
Image: 7 x 9 1/2 in. (17.8 x 24.1cm).
Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 in. (19.7 x 25.4cm).
Marion Post Wolcott worked for the Farm Security Administration from 1938 until 1942, during which time she photographed the many migrant workers affected by the Depression, as well as wealthy subjects who were able to avoid its devasting effects.