Marion Post Wolcott West Virginia Photograph

Shop this Marion Post Wolcott West Virginia Photograph for sale. The photograph was cataloged as “Change of shift coal mine Maidsville West Virginia” in the Library of Congress records. This silver gelatin print photograph is dated to the l 1960s-1970s. This Marion Post Wolcott silver print photograph retains a black faded hand stamp on the reverse of the sheet labeled “REPRODUCED FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS” and a handwritten pencil catalog number 30299-4.

The reverse of the sheet also retains pencil notations with the photograph’s title and numerical record. The photograph includes a transparent folder with a label marked LC-USF33-030299-M4 and the photograph’s title and date. This photograph is part of a collection of works taken as part of the FSA – Farm Security Administration and the Office of War Information Photograph Collection. The FSA hired Marion Post Wolcott in October 1938 ad was sent to Appalachia to cover mining and mining communities. The black and white image of mining workers walking down an exterior stairwell.

The sheet measures 10 x 8 inches. The image measures 9.45 x 6.35 inches.

The photograph displays edge loss to the margin edges. The photograph surface displays minor abrasions and surface imperfections with markings and notations on the reverse.