Mule Skinner and his 20-Mule Team. Wheat Combine in Walla Walla County, WA
Russell Lee, American, 1903 - 1986
July 1941
Gelatin silver print
Image: 10 1/4 × 13 9/16 in. (26 × 34.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 3/16 × 14 in. (28.4 × 35.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund, the Phyllis and Bertram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund, and gifts from William Olden and Carola B. and H. G. Terwilliger, by exchange
2017.48.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Stamped, on reverse, top center edge, in blue ink: PROPIEDAD / F. GAMBOA; Stamped, on reverse, center, in black ink: FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION / Photo By [inscribed, in red pencil: LEE] / Date [inscribed, in red pencil: JULY 1941] Neg. No. [inscribed, in red pencil: 39819-D]
Exhibition History
This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World, Rush Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 5–April 11, 2022.
Provenance
Farm Security Administration sold to Fernando Gamboa (1909-1990), Mexico, early 1940s; to his daughter (the Fernando Gamboa Foundation); to Charles Isaacs Photography, Inc, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2017.
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