Picking Cotton, Mississippi

© Arthur Rothstein

Picking Cotton, Mississippi

Currently not on view

Picking Cotton, Mississippi,

August 1935

Arthur Rothstein, American, 1915–1985
1995-19

Information

Title
Picking Cotton, Mississippi
Dates

August 1935

Maker
Arthur Rothstein
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 18.7 x 24.3 cm (7 3/8 x 9 9/16 in.) sheet: 20.7 x 25.5 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard Greenberg
Object Number
1995-19
Place Depicted

United States, Mississippi

Inscription
Stamped, verso center right: PLEASE CREDIT/ F.S.A./ FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION/ PHOTO BY: ROTHSTEIN Handwritten, verso center: 501-D Stamped, verso, lower left, upside-down: PLEASE NOTE:/ Kindly Return Unused Photos/ to the Division of Information,/ Farm Security Administration,/ Washington, D. C. Typed, verso right corner, upside-down: Picking cotton, Miss. Aug. 1935
Culture
American
Type
photographs, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
workers, laborers, cotton (fiber), fields, trees, men, hats, baskets

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