Gelatin silver prints on original cardboard mounts, one is titled Their Pet: NC Mountain Children, each pencil signed "Bayard Wootten" on the mount, unframed.

Sheet Size 10 3/4 x 13 7/8 in.; Mount 17 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.

Chapel Hill Public Library, Chapel Hill, NC

Bayard Wootten was a native of New Bern, North Carolina who pioneered field photography for women. She is best known for her haunting portraits of rural Southerners, such as the stunning examples offered here.

Several nicks - primarily at edges - and some toning; some staining and tears to cardboard mounts.

$400 - 800