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Image Not Available for Waiting to be Paid for Picking Cotton, Store on Marcella Plantation, Milston, Mississippi
Waiting to be Paid for Picking Cotton, Store on Marcella Plantation, Milston, Mississippi
Image Not Available for Waiting to be Paid for Picking Cotton, Store on Marcella Plantation, Milston, Mississippi

Waiting to be Paid for Picking Cotton, Store on Marcella Plantation, Milston, Mississippi

Date1939
Maker Marion Post Wolcott American, 1910 - 1990
Object number83.158
Provenance[Equivalents Gallery, Seattle, Washington]; purchased by Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1983
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, 200 Photographs from the Museum Collection, Dec. 8, 1983 - Feb. 5, 1984. Text by Rod Slemmons. No cat. no. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Go Tell It: Civil Rights Photography, Apr. 30, 2016 - Jan. 2, 2017.
Credit LinePacific Northwest Bell, the Photography Council, the Polaroid Foundation, Mark Abrahamson, and the National Endowment for the Arts
Dimensions9 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. (24.7 x 21.9 cm)
MediumGelatin silver print
Photo: Scott Leen
Marion Post Wolcott
negative 1940, printed 1977
Object number: 83.160
Photo: Scott Leen
Marion Post Wolcott
negative 1939, printed 1977
Object number: 86.225
Photo: Scott Leen
Marion Post Wolcott
negative 1940, printed 1978
Object number: 83.161
Marion Post Wolcott
1938-39
Object number: 85.281