Marion Post Wolcott
1910–1990 · United States
Everyday America, between poverty and leisure.
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Marion Post Wolcott · 1939-09
Marion Post Wolcott · Library of Congress, Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information.
Public domain — fonds FSA/OWI · Reuse conditions · Artwork record
The story
Marion Post Wolcott worked in the press before joining the Farm Security Administration in 1938. She travelled across the United States, describing living conditions, work, celebrations and social contrasts. Her work includes black-and-white negatives and colour transparencies. Her travels and the diversity of her subjects move beyond an exclusively bleak reading of the Depression years.
Understanding the work
Read relationships between groups rather than focusing only on the main figure. A sign, a garment or the layout of a room can reveal the social structure of a place.
Key works and series
Snowy Night, Woodstock; scenes of the South; FSA colour photographs.
Sources & further exploration
A journey through images.
3 worksClick an image to enlarge it. Captions, collections and reuse conditions appear below each work. Captions describe the photographs; the source records retain catalogue titles and provide context.
Marion Post Wolcott · 1939-09
Marion Post Wolcott · Library of Congress, Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information.
Public domain — fonds FSA/OWI · Reuse conditions · Artwork record
Marion Post Wolcott · 1940-08
Marion Post Wolcott · Library of Congress, Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information.
Public domain — fonds FSA/OWI · Reuse conditions · Artwork record
Marion Post Wolcott · 1940-09
Marion Post Wolcott · Library of Congress, Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information.
Public domain — fonds FSA/OWI · Reuse conditions · Artwork record
Works in collections.
22 recordsPhotographs to explore on museum and library websites, with titles, dates and processes. Each link opens the collection record and its image where one is available.
- MoMA · 1938
Unemployed Coal Miner's Daughter Carrying Home Can of Kerosene; Company Housing, Pursglove, Scott's Run, West Virginia
Gelatin silver print (selenium-toned), printed 1978
- MoMA · 1938
Movie Advertisement on the Side of a Building, "Birth of a Baby," Welch, West Virginia
Gelatin silver print
- MoMA · 1940
"Working Men Lunches" Café Where Construction Workers Eat in Pineville, Louisiana, on Highway to Camp Livingston
Gelatin silver print
- MoMA · 1941
Winter Visitors from Nearby Trailer Park, Picnicking Beside Car on Beach, Near Sarasota, Florida
Gelatin silver print, printed 1981
- Library of Congress · 1941-02
Travailleurs migrants devant un juke joint, Belle Glade, Floride
Photograph — FSA/OWI collection
- Library of Congress · 1940-06
Magasin, bar et station-service à un carrefour, Melrose, Louisiane
Photograph — FSA/OWI collection
- Library of Congress · 1940-06
Enfants pêchant dans un bayou, Schriever, Louisiane
Photograph — FSA/OWI collection
- Library of Congress · 1941-01
Maisons et bateaux le long du bayou, Delacroix Island
Photograph — FSA/OWI collection
- Library of Congress · 1939-05
Travaux de couture à l’école de Gee’s Bend, Alabama
Photograph — FSA/OWI collection
- Library of Congress · November 1939
Journaliers récoltant le coton près de Clarksdale, Mississippi
Photograph — FSA/OWI collection
- Library of Congress · September 1940
Fermiers et habitants un jour de marché judiciaire
Photograph — FSA/OWI collection
- Library of Congress · July 1939
Fête du 4 juillet, St. Helena’s Island, Caroline du Sud
Photograph — FSA/OWI collection
- Library of Congress · 1939-09
Copper ore train in an eroded landscape, Ducktown, Tennessee
Photograph — FSA/OWI collection
- Library of Congress · 1940-09
Horse and mule trading, Campton, Kentucky
Photograph — FSA/OWI collection
