Russell Lee
Owner of Small Grocery Store, San Augustine, Texas

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

CultureAmerican

Titles

Owner of Small Grocery Store, San Augustine, Texas
Small grocery store owner surrounded by bills. San Augustine, Texas

DateApril 1939, printed 1976

Place depictedSan Augustine, Texas, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 × 13 7/16 in. (25.6 × 34.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/16 × 13 15/16 in. (28.1 × 35.4 cm)

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

Object number76.406

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 upper left reading vertically in pencil "RS 53142[underlined] / F34-33002"
bottom right corner "Russell Lee"

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

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