Russell Lee
Migrant's car stopped along the road, with part of migrant family in rear seat of truck, under a tree to await the rain's passing, near Muskogee, Oklahoma

Migrant's car stopped along the road, with part of migrant family in rear seat of truck, under a tree to await the rain's passing, near Muskogee, Oklahoma

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Migrant's car stopped along the road, with part of migrant family in rear seat of truck, under a tree to await the rain's passing, near Muskogee, Oklahoma
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1986
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Migrant's car stopped along the road, with part of migrant family in rear seat of truck, under a tree to await the rain's passing, near Muskogee, Oklahoma
Date1939, printed 1970s
Place depictedMuskogee, Oklahoma, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 3/8 × 6 9/16 in. (11.1 × 16.6 cm)
 Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Lynn and Marcel Mason
Object number2020.74
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Heritage Auction Galleries, March 11, 2020, Photographs Monthly Online Auction #14153]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[Signed, dated, and editioned '12/15' in pencil in the photographer's stamp verso.]

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