<I>Negroes fishing in creek near cotton plantations outside Belzoni Miss. Delta, October 1939</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1939; printed 1968
name: label: Photograph by
content: Marion Post Wolcott, American, 1910 - 1990
label: Commissioned by
content: Farm Security Administration, American, 1937 - 1946
label: Printed by
content: LIGHT Gallery, American, 1971 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Signed by
content: Tennyson Schad, American, 1930 - 2001
notes: label: Description
content: A dye transfer photograph of rural life outside of Belzoni, Mississippi by Marion Post Wolcott. At a daytime muddy creek near a cotton plantation, a man and three women fish, surrounded by dry foliage and dull green mature trees. Seated along the edges of the creek, the man, crouched, wears a sand-colored hat; bright shirt; dark trousers, and holds high a long fishing rod. To his proper left, leaning forward on her knees, is a woman wearing a light-colored long sleeve dress and light-colored wide-brim bucket hat. To her proper left sits another woman, her legs crossed towards the water. She wears a light-colored wide-brim hat and blouse, and holds a fishing rod in her proper right hand. Nearer to the unseen photographer amidst the water dry foliage, at the bottom left of the camera’s frame, stands a woman wearing a long pink dress over a short sleeve shirt and wide-brim hat. She holds a fishing rod in both hands. The back of the photograph from the top left corner to bottom right, features provenance marks and inscriptions: [RWFA 1950 / PF112995-111 / ARTIST: MARION POST WOLCOTT / TITLE: NEGROES FISHING IN CREEK NEAR COTTON PLANTATIONS OUTSIDE BELZONI MISS. DELTA / TRANSPARENCY DATE: OCT. 1939 / PRINTING DATE: 12/86 / LIGHT GALLERY REG. NO.: 107.8]. Beneath the authentication disclaimer is the signature [Tennyson Schad].
place: label: Place captured
content: Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Rural life
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1933-1945
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard Greenberg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.105.1
objectType: label: Type
content: dye transfer prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 6 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (17.5 × 24.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 9 13/16 × 13 in. (25 × 33 cm)