File:Segregated cinema entrance3.jpg

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Description African-American patron going in colored entrance of the Crescent Theatre in Belzoni, Mississippi, on a Saturday afternoon.
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under the digital ID ppmsca.12888.
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Marion Post Wolcott  (1910–1990)  wikidata:Q436687
 
Marion Post Wolcott
Alternative names
Marion Post; Marion Mary Scott Post Wolcott
Description American photographer and artist
Farm Security Administration
Date of birth/death 7 June 1910 / 1910 Edit this at Wikidata 24 November 1990 / 1990 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death New Jersey Santa Barbara Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q436687
Other versions Restored version of File:Segregated cinema entrance.jpg. Rotated and cropped. Dirt, scratches, and other artifacts removed. Selective contrast adjustment and darkening at far left of image. Histogram adjusted.
Camera location33° 10′ 43.82″ N, 90° 29′ 20.92″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Public domain This image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information domestic photographic units, taken as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States. See Copyright.

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