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Snowy Night, Woodstock, Vermont

1940, printed c. 1975

Marion Post Wolcott

(American, 1910–1990)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 18.4 x 24 cm (7 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 27.1 x 35.6 cm (10 11/16 x 14 in.); Matted: 50.6 x 40.5 cm (19 15/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sharon & Del Zogg 2024.20
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Marion Post Wolcott photographed one of the oldest towns in New England during and after a heavy snowstorm and spring thaw in March and April 1940.

Description

Snowy Night, 1940, is an iconic and idyllic image of small-town America after a heavy spring snow. Wolcott was working for the Farm Security Administration, a government agency initially created to document rural poverty during the Depression. As the economy improved, the bureau was tasked with showing the breadth and variety of American life.
A horizontally oriented black-and-white photograph depicts a snowy street at night with massive snowdrifts in the foreground flanking a trodden path. To the left, a clapboard house features dark shutters and a circular AAA sign. A glowing street lamp centers the composition. On the right, snow-covered cars park before a row of storefronts, including one labeled DRUGS. The street recedes into a dark, hazy distance.

Snowy Night, Woodstock, Vermont

1940, printed c. 1975

Marion Post Wolcott

(American, 1910–1990)
America

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