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

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

CultureAmerican

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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

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Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

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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