Migrant agricultural workers waiting in line behind truck in the field, for pay for day’s work. Near Belle Glade, Florida

Marion Post Wolcott, Migrant agricultural workers waiting in line behind truck in the field, for pay for day's work. Near Belle Glade, Florida, 1939, printed later, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott, 1998.120.14
Marion Post Wolcott, Migrant agricultural workers waiting in line behind truck in the field, for pay for day's work. Near Belle Glade, Florida, 1939, printed later, gelatin silver print, sheet: 10 7⁄8 x 14 in. (27.6 x 35.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott, 1998.120.14

Artwork Details

Title
Migrant agricultural workers waiting in line behind truck in the field, for pay for day’s work. Near Belle Glade, Florida
Artist
Date
1939, printed later
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 10 7⁄8 x 14 in. (27.6 x 35.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. John H. and Jann Arrington Wolcott
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Occupation — farm — harvesting
  • Landscape — Florida — Belle Glade
  • New Deal — Farm Security Administration
Object Number
1998.120.14
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1998.120.14

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Jacob Lawrence, "Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them."--Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations, VIII:59. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1958, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.171
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Date1986
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Date1990
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