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Make Our School a Place of Art and History

We'd like to cover the walls of our school with beautifully printed and framed Russell Lee photographs. Help us do that by sponsoring a print of your choice.

Project by: Russell Lee Elementary School

Backers

Ken Ryall

Apr 28, 3:55pm

$100.00

Tim and Joanne Oppenheimer

Apr 27, 8:39pm

$100.00

This is our grandchildren's school, and we applaud the name change

The Bonnet Family

Apr 27, 9:01am

$100.00

Shirley Grogan

Apr 27, 5:52am

$100.00

Mac Redmon

Apr 26, 8:30pm

$100.00

Mike Fluitt

Mar 01, 5:50pm

$100.00

Russell Lee was a great photographer, a generous and kind man, and a wonderful mentor to young photographers like myself. In my case, he taught me how to be a better person as well as a better photographer.

Mike Fluitt

Mar 01, 5:46pm

$100.00

Russell Lee was a great photographer, a generous and kind man, and a wonderful mentor to young photographers like myself. In my case, he taught me how to be a better person as well as a better photographer.

Snow White

Feb 28, 10:33am

$100.00

Schoolchildren drinking from the water pump, Southeast Missouri Farms

I thought this would be a good picture next to our new Water Dispensers to show how times have changed on how school children used to drink their water

Snow White

Feb 28, 10:17am

$100.00

This picture reminds me of all the funny expressions my own daughter makes on a daily basis :)

The Clemens Family

Feb 05, 7:48pm

$100.00

Perks

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Untitled photo, possibly related to: East Texan, Jacksonville, Texas

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Untitled (baker and friends), Corpus Christi, TX, 1949

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1939 Feb. girl with baby sister in front of hut

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A sick child sleeping in trailer home of his father

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April 1941... Boys on Easter morning, Southside Chicago. Acetate negative by

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Butte, Montana. Part of Columbia Gardens, an outdoor amusement resort

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Butte, Montana. Porch of pavilion at Columbia Gardens

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Mexican carrot worker near Edinburg, Texas

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Child of farmer sitting in automobile waiting…

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Couples at square dance, McIntosh County, Oklahoma

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Distributing surplus commodities, St. Johns, Ariz

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Freighter outbound from the Port of Houston, Houston, Texas

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Grain elevators, Caldwell, Idaho

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Japanese-American camp, war emergency evacuation, [Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, Calif.

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Japanese-American child waiting for a train to take her

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Jerry, famous Taos Indian, artist's model and fisherman, Taos, New Mexico

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Jim Norris, homesteader, Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940

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Little girl petting calf. Tenant purchase client near Weslaco, Texas

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Migrant boy removing guitar before family leaves for California.

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Musicians in cajun band contest at National Rice Festival. Crowley, Louisiana

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Negro musicians playing accordion and washboard in automobile. Near New Iberia, Louisiana

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Negro musicians playing accordion and washboard in front of store, near New Iberia, Louisiana

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Sabine Farms homesteaders sign contract for medical care with Dr. A.O. Lee, Negro physician of Marshall, Texas

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Sign near Weslaco, Texa

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Spectators at auction of horses at the west Texas stockyards, San Angelo, Texas

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Sun bathers at the park swimming pool in Caldwell, Idaho

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Texan, Waco, Texas

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The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from West Coast areas under U.S. Army war emergency order Japanese try to sell their belongings

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Truckload of baskets for citrus fruit, Pharr, Texas

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Untitled photo, possibly related to: East Texas farm owner near Harleton, Texas

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Untitled photo, possibly related to: Spanish-American musicians at fiesta, Taos, New Mexico

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West Texans sitting on fence at horse auction, Eldorado, Texas

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West Texans sitting on top of grandstand roof at horse auction, Eldorado, Texas

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Wheat land, Walla Walla, Washingto

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White migrant and his wife in trailer home near Sebastian, Texas.

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White migrant worker leaning on headlamp of his car near Harlingen, Texas.

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Winner at the Delta County Fair, Colorado

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Japanese-American camp, war emergency evacuation, [Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, Calif.

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Shoeshine boy

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Saturday morning shoppers

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watch repair man, san antonio

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Playing bingo and a church party

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A city bus. San Antonio.

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These boys were born in this house

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Parking meters and parked automobiles. San Antonio

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host for your toast. San Antonio

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Children who live in a slum corral

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at a district meeting of the pan-American progressive association (PAPA)

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Printer at the Munguia printing plant

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at a church bingo party

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Detail of tenement house, southern section of El Paso

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Spanish-speaking girl at doorway to her apartment home in tenement house

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Spanish-speaking boy peering out of door of apartment in tenement house

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interior of a bar

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tenement houses

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Spanish-speaking boys in their apartment home in tenement house

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Man with sign, New York City, ca. 1935-1936

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Basilica and town, Matera, Italy, 1960

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Couple, Monterotondo, Italy, 1960

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Lake and Beach, Nova Scotia, ca. 1951-52

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Men bargaining at meat market, Sicily, 1960

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Oil exploration crew with truck, Saudi Arabia, 1955

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Vegetable garden, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, 1960

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Woman of Calabria, Italy, 1960

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Father Divine followers, New York, ca. 1935-1936

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Veteran studying for night class

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Texas Confederate Veterans Home, Austin, Texas, 1959

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young man on street corner, Rockdale, August 1951

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Young cowboys at Austin Livestock Show, 1954

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South-western Colorado

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First snow of the season in the foothills of the Little Belt Mountains, Lewis and Clark National Forest, Meagher County, Montana

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Scrap and salvage depot, Butte, Montana

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Cattle in corrals on ranch, Beaverhead County, Mont

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View of Mount Shasta, Calif.

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Shasta dam under construction, California

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Jack Whinery and his family, homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico

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Jack Whinery, homesteader, with his wife and the youngest of his five children, Pie Town, New Mexico

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Saying grace before the barbeque dinner at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair

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School children singing, Pie Town, New Mexico

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Serving pinto beans at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair barbeque

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Jim Norris and wife, homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico

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Mr. Leatherman, homesteader, tying up cauliflower, Pie Town, New Mexico

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Faro and Doris Caudill, homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico

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Children asleep on bed during square dance, McIntosh County, Okla.

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Million dollar highway [U.S. 550] is cut through massive rocks in Ouray County, Colorado

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Cherry orchards, farm lands and irrigation ditch at Emmett, Idaho

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Road cut into the barren hills which lead into Emmett, Idaho

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Shrimp fisherman, squatter on Nueces Bay, erecting wind charger for running his radio. Corpus Christi, Texas

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Part of Corpus Christi, Texas with freighter passing through drawbridge

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Migrant father and daughter near Harlingen, Texas

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Poster in real estate window, Harlingen, Texas

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Sign, Harlingen, Texas (reflection of Russell Lee)

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Waiting for the movie to open, Sunday afternoon, Pharr, Texas

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Former cowboy now traveling around the country. He is supported by a private income. Weslaco, Texas

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White migrant and his wife in camp near Sebastian, Texas.

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Sign showing need for replacing parts in tractors, Robstown, Texas

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Children of white migrants from west Texas sitting on mattresses just unloaded from trailer. Harlingen, Texas

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Son of spinach grower, La Pryor, Texas

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Man erecting sign near Alice, Texas

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Men leaning on mailbox, Crystal City, Texas

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Old resident of Crystal City, Texas now living on town relief. He was an oldtime trail driver

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Front of cafe, Crystal City, Texas

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Monument erected to Popeye, Crystal City, Texas

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Men sitting along railroad platform waiting for work as day laborers, Raymondville, Texas

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Houses at Port Aransas, Texas

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Pigeon cote of Mexican farmer near Combes, Texas

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Sign on causeway from Port Aransas to Pass Aransas, Texas

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Front of hardware store, Corpus Christi, Texas

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Daughter of migrant in doorway of trailer, Sebastin, Texas

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Mexican boy in front of community water hydrant and sink, San Antonio, Texas

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Funeral director, Mexican district, San Antonio, Texas

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Mexican barber, San Antonio, Texas

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Proprietor of credit clothing store in Mexican district, San Antonio, Texas

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Window shoppers and sign on department store window, Mexican district, San Antonio, Texas

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Mexican boys peering through grating in sidewalk, San Antonio, Texas

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Sign on side of shoe shine parlor, San Antonio, Texas

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Street scene, San Augustine, Texas

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Schoolchildren waiting in line to go to the movies, San Augustine, Texas

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Baseball game at recess, San Augustine grade school, San Augustine, Texas

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Schoolchildren jumping rope, San Augustine, Texa

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Negro farmers talking on the streets of San Augustine, Texas

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Itinerant preacher broadcasting to his audience by means of public address system on streets of Marshall, Texas

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Sign, Quemado, Texas: Helpy-Selfy Laundry--We Use Maytags

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Carrying mesquite to be burned in process of clearing land, El Indio, Texas

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Little boy cutting up inner tube, El Indio, Texas

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Fascism and Uncle Sam sign on box car, Crystal City, Texas

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Oil field worker, Kilgore, Texas

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Oil field worker drinking water, Kilgore, Texas

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Night baseball, Marshall, Texas

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Mass meeting of San Augustine County residents gathered to discuss methods of raising funds to continue WPA (Work Projects Administration) roadwork, San Augustine, Texas

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Displaying a horse for sale on the streets of Alpine, Texas

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Sewing cap into toe of boot. Cowboy bootmaking shop, Alpine, Texas

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Untitled photo, possibly related to: Trimming edge of inner sole. Boot shop, Alpine, Texas

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Oil worker eating lunch, Kilgore, Texas

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Old Negro (former slave) Willis Winn with horn with which slaves were called. Near Marshall, Texas

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School at Pie Town, New Mexico is held at the Farm Bureau Building

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Children resting during recess at a rural school near Tipler, Wisconsin

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Daughter of farmers near La Forge Project, Missouri. Southeast Missouri Farms schoo

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Six-man football, Wildrose, Williams County, North Dakota. High schools have fallen off so much in attendance that many smaller towns play with six men instead of eleven

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High school horse performs before children of construction workers at Summit City School, Summit City, California

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School buses in front of consolidated school. Lake Center, Clay County, Iowa

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Untitled photo, possibly related to: Negro man slashes bale of cotton to take sample as it passes him on a hand truck. Cotton compress, Houston, Texas

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Schoolchildren drinking from the water pump, Southeast Missouri Farms

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Negro Preacher reading the scriptures to Negro man, San Antonio, Texas

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Group of people assembled under tree to listen to revival rally on Saturday afternoon, Tahlequah, Oklahoma

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People gathered in square on Saturday afternoon to listen to religious rally, Tahlequah, Oklahoma

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William Grant, president of the Holy Ghost Society at Petaluma, California

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Tulare County, California. FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers' camp. Putting up flags for the President's birthday ball

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Mr. Besson, president of the literary society holds the lamp for Mrs. Caudill, secretary, during a song at the literary society. Pie Town, New Mexico

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Roustabout; a painter. Seminole oil field, Oklahoma

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Sign painter, Sioux City, Iowa

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Snake eater, sideshow, Donaldsonville, Louisiana

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Fortune teller, state fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana

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Negro boys sitting on bench on street, Waco, Texa

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At the Pie Town Fair, Sept. 1940

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Girls waiting for Episcopal Church to end so they can see the processional, South Side of Chicago, Illinois

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Cajun orchestra at fais-do-do dance near Crowley, Louisiana

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Men's section at fais-do-do near Crowley, Louisiana. Note ticket taker

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Pianist in cajun band contest. National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana

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Farmer at National Rice Festival taking a rest, Crowley, Louisiana

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Cajun girl at National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana

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Boys at National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana

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Princesses, National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisian

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Clarinet players, Southwestern University band, National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana

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Girl taking picture of crowd, National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana

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National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana

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Truck driver, Seminole oil field, Oklahoma

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