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| Maker(s): | Wolcott, Marion Post | | Culture: | American (1910 - 1990)
| | Title: | Coal miner's children, Charleston, West Virginia
| | Date Made: | 1938 (printed later)
| | Type: | Photograph
| | Materials: | gelatin silver print
| | Measurements: | Sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 15/16 in; 27.6 x 35.4 cm; Image: 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 in; 21 x 28.6 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | title on verso upper left in pencil: Charleston, W. Va., inscription on verso center in pencil: 50119D, inscription on verso lower right in pencil: Marion Post Wolcott
| | Accession Number: | SC 2023.31.7
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Melanie and Ken Light (Melanie Hastings, class of 1980)
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
two children with dirt on their faces and clothes sitting on a bed. Wall behind is covered with newspaper
Tags:
children; poverty; coal; rural; interiors Subjects:
Poverty; Children; interior; Photographic gelatin Link to share this object record:
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