Coal Miner's Child, Scott's Run, West Virginia
Artist
Marion Post Wolcott
(American, 1910-1990)
CultureAmerican
Date1938, printed 1975
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 6 7/16 x 9 1/2 in. (16.3 x 24.2 cm)
sheet: 8 x 9 15/16 in. (20.3 x 25.2 cm)
sheet: 8 x 9 15/16 in. (20.3 x 25.2 cm)
Classificationsphotographs
Credit LineAckland Fund
Object number75.19.29
On View
On viewCollections
Marion Post Wolcott
1939, printed c. 1941
Marion Post Wolcott
1939
Marion Post Wolcott
1938, printed 1975
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