Marion Post Wolcott, Early Work

The Hazards of Travel by Car, Jackson, Kentucky

Tags: Animals, Autos • Cars • Transport, Black & White, Landscape, Maps • Travel, Time • Past • Future • Now

About the artist

Marion Post Wolcott captured images of life in rural America to galvanize support for the New Deal. She was hired as a photographer for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), a federal agency dedicated to improving the lives of America’s most impoverished farmers. Her images vividly exposed the social and economic conditions wrought by the Great … continue reading

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