Russell Lee
Flood Refugees Who Were Sheltered in the Schoolhouse at East Prairie, Missouri

Flood Refugees Who Were Sheltered in the Schoolhouse at East Prairie, Missouri

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Flood Refugees Who Were Sheltered in the Schoolhouse at East Prairie, Missouri
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1986
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Flood Refugees Who Were Sheltered in the Schoolhouse at East Prairie, Missouri
Datec. 1935
PlaceEast Prairie, Missouri, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/16 × 9 11/16 in. (18.3 × 24.6 cm)
 Sheet: 7 15/16 × 10 in. (20.2 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Howard Greenberg/Photofind
Object number85.354
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century photographs in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston February 27 - May 1, 1988

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper left edge in pencil reading vertically "PHOTOFIND"
bottom left "PF854"
center "Ra10472-D"
center[upside down] "Flood refugees who were sheltered / in the schoolhouse at East / Prairie, Mo."
verso bottom left corner[upside down] a stamp "RA10472D"
upper right[upside down] a stamp "Kindly use the following credit line: / RESETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION PHOTOGRAPH BY LEE"

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