Russell Lee
Dressed Up for the Show, Chicago, Illinois

Dressed Up for the Show, Chicago, Illinois

Public Domain

Dressed Up for the Show, Chicago, Illinois
ArtistAmerican, 1903–1986
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Dressed Up for the Show, Chicago, Illinois
  • In front of the movie theater. Chicago, Illinois
DateApril 1941, printed 1976
Place depictedChicago, Illinois, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 × 13 3/8 in. (25.6 × 34 cm)
 Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.409
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 top right reading vertically in pencil "53142/36[underlined] / 38814"
bottom right corner "Russell Lee"
verso right center reading vertically a stamp "Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress"

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Cattlemen at auction of prize beef steers and breeding stock at San Angelo Fat Stock Show. San Angelo, Texas
Russell Lee
Cattlemen at auction of prize beef steers and breeding stock at San Angelo Fat Stock Show. San Angelo, Texas
1940
Gelatin silver print
2005.434
Image Not Available for Negro Boys on Easter Morning, Bronzeville, Chicago, April 1941
Russell Lee
Negro Boys on Easter Morning, Bronzeville, Chicago, April 1941
April 1941, printed 2019
Inkjet print
2020.157
This Former Switching Engine is being Rebuilt for use on the Road, In the Roundhouse at an Illinois Central Railroad Yard, Chicago, Illinois
Jack Delano
This Former Switching Engine is being Rebuilt for use on the Road, In the Roundhouse at an Illinois Central Railroad Yard, Chicago, Illinois
1942, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.185
Locomotive Repair in Roundhouse at an Illinois Center Railroad Yard, Chicago, Illinois
Jack Delano
Locomotive Repair in Roundhouse at an Illinois Center Railroad Yard, Chicago, Illinois
1942, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.184
Barracks
Russell Lee
Barracks
c. 1943–1944
Gelatin silver print
2004.1741
Visitor to Taos fiesta, New Mexico
Russell Lee
Visitor to Taos fiesta, New Mexico
1940, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.77
Display of automobile tires and wheels, Deming, New Mexico
Russell Lee
Display of automobile tires and wheels, Deming, New Mexico
1939, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.75
Telephone used for communication between various points in the mine. Mill and office, gold mine at Mogollon, New Mexico
Russell Lee
Telephone used for communication between various points in the mine. Mill and office, gold mine at Mogollon, New Mexico
1940, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.76
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
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
1939, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.74
Indian boy in blueberry pickers' camp near Little Fork, Minnesota
Russell Lee
Indian boy in blueberry pickers' camp near Little Fork, Minnesota
1937, printed 1970s
Gelatin silver print
2020.78
A Bombed-out Portion of the City of Frankfurt, 24 June 1945
Russell Lee
A Bombed-out Portion of the City of Frankfurt, 24 June 1945
1945
Gelatin silver print
2004.1442
Machinery against the garage on Matt Henry's farm near Tipler, Wisconsin. Note primitive scythe rake
Russell Lee
Machinery against the garage on Matt Henry's farm near Tipler, Wisconsin. Note primitive scythe rake
May 1937
Gelatin silver print
2014.947