Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. "African" house, probably storeroom, smokehouse, or jail when built by mulattoes, now part of John Henry cotton plantation, originally the Yucca Plantation (from Spanish). See general caption.

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Title
Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. "African" house, probably storeroom, smokehouse, or jail when built by mulattoes, now part of John Henry cotton plantation, originally the Yucca Plantation (from Spanish). See general caption.
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Wolcott, Marion Post

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1940
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 055077-E
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Date and title from Library of Congress.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver print
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 49524
TMS Object Number: 055077-E
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e22fd170-711e-013c-a198-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. "African" house, probably storeroom, smokehouse, or jail when built by mulattoes, now part of John Henry cotton plantation, originally the Yucca Plantation (from Spanish). See general caption." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/471f16f0-7120-013c-72ea-0242ac110004

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. "African" house, probably storeroom, smokehouse, or jail when built by mulattoes, now part of John Henry cotton plantation, originally the Yucca Plantation (from Spanish). See general caption." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 3, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/471f16f0-7120-013c-72ea-0242ac110004

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. "African" house, probably storeroom, smokehouse, or jail when built by mulattoes, now part of John Henry cotton plantation, originally the Yucca Plantation (from Spanish). See general caption. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/471f16f0-7120-013c-72ea-0242ac110004

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Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. "African" house, probably storeroom, smokehouse, or jail when built by mulattoes, now part of John Henry cotton plantation, originally the Yucca Plantation (from Spanish). See general caption.