Russell Lee
Barker at Concession, State Fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana

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Artist Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986)American, 1903–1986

CultureAmerican

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Barker at Concession, State Fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Barker at sideshow with performers, state fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana

DateNovember 1938, printed 1976

Place depictedDonaldsonville, Louisiana, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 1/16 × 13 7/16 in. (23 × 34.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky

Object number76.401

Non exposé

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition History"Introducing America to Americans: Depression-era Photographs from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, Texas, June 10–September 9, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso left reading vertically in pencil "RS 53142[underlined] / F53-11770 / M3"
bottom right corner "R Lee"

verso center reading vertically "Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress"

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