Children in bedroom of their home, Charleston, West Virginia. Their mother has TB. Father works on WPA (Works Progress Administration).

Marion Post Wolcott

1938; printed about 1984

  • Titles Children in bedroom of their home, Charleston, West Virginia. Their mother has TB. Father works on WPA (Works Progress Administration). (Proper)@Coal Miner's Children on Bed (Former title)
  • Artist Marion Post Wolcott, American, 1910 - 1990
  • Medium gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm) image: 8 3/8 x 11 1/4 in. (21.3 x 28.6 cm) mat: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Gift of Robin Moore, AFI.47.2009, image Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, LC-USF34-050119-D
  • Work Type photograph
  • Classification Photographs

See More of the Collection

Untitled, Seymour Lipton, oil crayon on paper
A woman in church clothes stands in shadow at the window of a white building, her back to the camera. She is speaking to a woman just inside.
This black and white photograph captures the complete profile of a young African American boy at close range. The young man wears a white collared shirt, and the background of the photograph is out of focus.
A black and white photograph of a side profile of a girl standing next to a wall with peeling paint. The girl appears mid movement and blurry, she is wearing a white short sleeve shirt with dark pants, her hair tied in a ponytail. Overall there are significant cracks and chips in the wall paint, to the right of the photograph is a large circle of paint peeling away like curled ribbons hanging from a wreath.