#marion post

[womblegrinch]

Marion Post Wolcott (1910-1990) - Snowy night in the center of town, Woodstock, Vermont, 1940

Gelatin silver print, printed later. 10.1 x 13.5 inches, 25.7 x 34.3 cm.

Estimate: US$500-700.

Sold Heritage Auctions, Dallas, 9 March 2022 for US$780 incl B.P.

[flashing-neon-blog]

Photo and Description Source: The Library of Congress

1940, Schriever, Louisiana + more

Photographer: Marion Post

Photo 1: A cross roads store, bar, "juke joint," and gas station in the cotton plantation area, Melrose, La.

Photo 2: Boys fishing in a bayou, Schriever, La. Cajun children in a bayou near the school. Terrebonne, a Farm Security Administration project.

Photo 3: Clothes of swimmers hanging on a telegraph pole, Lake Providence, La. The children from the nearby farms and neighborhoods go swimming, on Saturday afternoon and Sunday, in the lake.

Photo 4: Bayou Bourbeau plantation, a FSA cooperative, Natchitoches, La. A Negro family (?) seated on the porch of a house

Photo 5: Negro tenant's home beside the Mississippi River levee, near Lake Providence, La.

Photo 6: Bayou Bourbeau plantation operated by Bayou Bourbeau Farmstead Association, a cooperative established through the cooperation of FSA, Natchitoches, La.

Photo 7: Farm in southern U.S. ... Louisiana?

Photo 8: A store with live fish for sale, vicinity of Natchitoches, La.

Photo 9: Natchez, Miss.

Photo 10: Southern U.S., Mississippi?

[tytusjaneta]

Marion Post Wolcott

Coal miner’s family. Pursglove, West Virginia. 1938