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

Barker at Concession, State Fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana

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Barker at Concession, State Fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1986
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • 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
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
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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