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Scene in an agricultural worker's shack town, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Scene in an agricultural worker's shack town, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
(1939); printed (c. 1975)

Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
25.4 × 34.4 cm (image) 28.1 × 35.4 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Accession Number
PH161-1975
Department
International Photography
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1975
© Library of Congress, FSA Collection
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Gallery location
Not on display
About this work

“America was very provincial in those days. City people didn’t know about people living in the country; rural people didn’t know about the city. One of our jobs was to accquaint city dwellers with the rural way of life.”
Russell Lee, c.1972