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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
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
Image Not Available for Business Manager Paying Off Cotton Pickers in Plantation Store, Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta
Business Manager Paying Off Cotton Pickers in Plantation Store, Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta
1939
Object number: 2022.24.8
Image Not Available for Migrant Vegetable Pickers in Field Waiting in Line to Paid Off, Near Homestead, Fla.
Migrant Vegetable Pickers in Field Waiting in Line to Paid Off, Near Homestead, Fla.
negative 1939, printed 1977
Object number: 83.162
Image Not Available for Black Bayou Plantation, Near Glendora, Mississippi
Black Bayou Plantation, Near Glendora, Mississippi
1970
Object number: 2022.23
Photo: Scott Leen
Crossroads Store, Alabama
1937
Object number: 87.104
Photo: Scott Leen
Bennie's Grocery Store, in Negro Section of Town, Near Montgomery, Alabama
negative 1940, printed 1977
Object number: 83.160
Photo: Scott Leen
A Negro Entering a Movie Theatre by Outside "Colored" Entrance, Belzoni, Mississippi
negative 1939, printed 1977
Object number: 86.225
Image Not Available for Negro Houses, Outskirts of Tupelo, Mississippi
Negro Houses, Outskirts of Tupelo, Mississippi
1936
Object number: 85.344
Image Not Available for Brookhaven, Mississippi
Brookhaven, Mississippi
1978
Object number: 82.56
Image Not Available for Iuka, Mississippi
Iuka, Mississippi
1978
Object number: 82.57
Image Not Available for George Wallace, Cotton Bowl, Dallas
George Wallace, Cotton Bowl, Dallas
1964
Object number: 83.54.11
Image Not Available for Tenant Farmers Children, Younger One with Rickets from Malnutrition. Worn out Eroded Land, From Cotton Culture, Wadesboro, N.C.
Tenant Farmers Children, Younger One with Rickets from Malnutrition. Worn out Eroded Land, From Cotton Culture, Wadesboro, N.C.
negative 1939, printed 1977
Object number: 86.224
Image Not Available for Cotton Pickers, Ferguson Unit, Texas
Cotton Pickers, Ferguson Unit, Texas
1967- 69
Object number: 83.288.12