Old Miami Beach House Photograph

Shop this old Miami Beach house photograph by FSA photographer Marion Post Wolcott, 1910-1990. Marion Post Wolcott, a superb American photographer, set out to chronicle the sufferings of the poor throughout the midwest and deep south on assignment for the FSA and director Roy Stryker. In contrast to the photos of rural poverty, Wolcott captured the opulence of areas that appeared to have escaped the Great Depression undamaged. Wolcott captured classic and enduring photos of classic Miami, Florida, during the late 1930’s golden era. While attempting to depict the difference between what appears to be two nations under one flag, one of the wealthy and another of the poor, her classic black and white images of Miami, Florida, and Miami Beach remain treasures of American photography with vintage classic appeal.

This original gelatin silver print photograph is formally entitled “Part of Florida home in wealthy residential section. Miami Beach, Florida” and is cataloged in the Library of Congress as LC-USF34- 051223-D [P&P] LOT 1602. The original image is part of the Farm Security Administration’s Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540.

The back of the sheet has an early Library of Congress hand stamp on the verso and an unknown handwritten inscription of the image’s original title, another, and medium, along with catalog identification information. The original image was taken in April 1939. This photograph was published in the 1960s. The images come to us from a prominent collection of early 20th century American photography from the Washington D.C. area and is a wonderful addition to any collection.

The photograph measures 8 x 10 inches. The image measures 7.60 x 9.50 inches.

The photograph displays circular edge loss to the top margin edges. The photograph surface displays minor abrasions and surface imperfections with markings and pencil notations on the sheet’s reverse.