SAAM-1998.120.57 2
Title Two Negro women carrying packages, one has a box of surplus relief commodities on her head. Natchez, Mississippi Artist Marion Post Wolcott Date 1940, printed later Location Not on view Dimensions sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm.) Credit Line Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott Mediums Description gelatin silver print Classifications Photography Photoprint Keywords History – United States – Depression Era Landscape – Mississippi – Natchez New Deal – Farm Security Administration Figure group – female African American Object Number 1998.120.57
- Date
- 1940
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 2,000 × 1,493 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
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