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Black Woman Giving Her Children a Drink in the Field Where She's Hoeing Cotton on an FSA Cooperative Project (Allen Plantation)

Marion Post Wolcott1940

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A woman stands barefoot in a field, a hoe resting against her shoulder. She holds a tin pail as one of her children takes a drink, the younger one waits for their turn.

Details

  • Title: Black Woman Giving Her Children a Drink in the Field Where She's Hoeing Cotton on an FSA Cooperative Project (Allen Plantation)
  • Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
  • Date Created: 1940
  • Location Created: Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States
  • Physical Dimensions: 20 × 20.5 cm (7 7/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 2007.8.8
  • Culture: American
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Marion Post Wolcott (American, 1910 - 1990)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)

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