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Russell Lee

Walked Eight Miles: 1940

June 1940. Pie Town, New Mexico. Wife of a homesteader with her WPA (Work Projects Administration) music class. These children walk eight miles for their music lessons. View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Russell Lee.

June 1940. Pie Town, New Mexico. Wife of a homesteader with her WPA (Work Projects Administration) music class. These children walk eight miles for their music lessons. View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Russell Lee.

 

Lush Life: 1941

April 1941. "Prosperous Chicagoan spends evening at home."  View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Russell Lee. A few Shorpy readers have identified this as bluesman Big Joe Turner (it is not). The Internet has also identified him (erroneously) as the Rev. Clarence Cobbs.

April 1941. "Prosperous Chicagoan spends evening at home." View full size. Medium-format safety negative by Russell Lee. A few Shorpy readers have identified this as bluesman Big Joe Turner (it is not). The Internet has also identified him (erroneously) as the Rev. Clarence Cobbs.

 

Band of Brothers: 1940

June 1940. Pie Town, New Mexico. "Farmer and his brother making music."  Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

June 1940. Pie Town, New Mexico. "Farmer and his brother making music." Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Pie Town Ice Cream: 1940

June 1940. "Ice cream party at Pie Town, New Mexico. Ice cream is a great treat for someone who must drive thirty or forty miles for ice." View full size. Medium-format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

June 1940. "Ice cream party at Pie Town, New Mexico. Ice cream is a great treat for someone who must drive thirty or forty miles for ice." View full size. Medium-format negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

 

Stillwater County: 1942

September 1942. An early snow at the Benbow Mill of the Metal Reserves chromite development in Stillwater County, Montana. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information.

September 1942. An early snow at the Benbow Mill of the Metal Reserves chromite development in Stillwater County, Montana. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information.

 

Organ Transplant: 1937

February 1937. "An organ deposited by the flood on a farm near Mount Vernon, Indiana." View full size. 5x7 safety negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.

February 1937. "An organ deposited by the flood on a farm near Mount Vernon, Indiana." View full size. 5x7 safety negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.

 

This Land Is Your Land: 1939

June 1939. Lincoln County, Oklahoma. Camp of migrant workers near Prague. View full size. Medium-format negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.

June 1939. Lincoln County, Oklahoma. Camp of migrant workers near Prague. View full size. Medium-format negative by Russell Lee for the FSA.

 

Christmas in August: 1942

August 1942. "First snow of the season in the foothills of the Little Belt Mountains. Lewis and Clark National Forest, Meagher County, Montana." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

August 1942. "First snow of the season in the foothills of the Little Belt Mountains. Lewis and Clark National Forest, Meagher County, Montana." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

House of Tires: 1940

March 1940. "Secondhand tires for sale at a gas station in San Marcos, Texas." Medium-format safety negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size.

March 1940. "Secondhand tires for sale at a gas station in San Marcos, Texas." Medium-format safety negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. View full size.

 

Missouri: 1938

May 1938. New Madrid County, Missouri. "Wife and child of sharecropper, cut-over farmer of Mississippi bottoms." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

May 1938. New Madrid County, Missouri. "Wife and child of sharecropper, cut-over farmer of Mississippi bottoms." View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

 

Fair Beauty: 1940

October 1940. "Winner at the Delta County Fair" in Colorado. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.

October 1940. "Winner at the Delta County Fair" in Colorado. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

Feeling Hot Hot Hot

1939 or 1940. "Square-dance orchestra during intermission; notice sweated shirt of host." McIntosh County, Oklahoma. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

1939 or 1940. "Square-dance orchestra during intermission; notice sweated shirt of host." McIntosh County, Oklahoma. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

 

Black Butte: 1942

August 1942 in Madison County, Montana. Sheep grazing the Gravelly Range at the foot of Black Butte. View full size. Gorgeous 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

August 1942 in Madison County, Montana. Sheep grazing the Gravelly Range at the foot of Black Butte. View full size. Gorgeous 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration.

 

Llano de San Juan: 1940

July or October 1940. Church at Llano de San Juan, New Mexico. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration.

July or October 1940. Church at Llano de San Juan, New Mexico. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration.

 

Delta County Fair: 1940

October 1940. Fun at the Delta County Fair in western Colorado. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration.

October 1940. Fun at the Delta County Fair in western Colorado. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration.

 
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