Photographic print of two women and a toddler in Port Gibson, Mississippi
date: label: Date
content: 1940; printed later
name: label: Photograph by
content: Marion Post Wolcott, American, 1910 - 1990
label: Commissioned by
content: Farm Security Administration, American, 1937 - 1946
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of two unidentified woman and toddler in a stroller. The woman on the left, is wearing a dress with apron pinned to it. She is holding the handle of the stroller in her proper left hand. She is looking down toward the child and has her proper right hand on her hip. The woman on the right, is bending at the waist toward the child. She is wearing a light colored dress and his handing the toddler a handkerchief with her proper left hand. Her proper right hand is pressed against her side and has a newspaper folded in the crux of her arm. The toddler, at center, is seated in the stroller and is holding a corner of the handkerchief with their proper right hand and biting another portion of the fabric. They are standing on a sidewalk and are surrounded by large tress. A parked car can be seen in the right background of the photograph. The back of the photograph has the photographer's name and a number hand written in pencil.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Women
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 Elmer J. Whiting, III
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.17.195
objectType: label: Type
content: photographic prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 10 1/4 × 8 15/16 in. (26 × 22.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)