Montrose, Colorado is junction point for standard gauge and narrow gauge railroads and bus lines. Papers and mail are being loaded into bus for transporting to towns along the route.
| Artist | Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986) |
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| Title | Montrose, Colorado is junction point for standard gauge and narrow gauge railroads and bus lines. Papers and mail are being loaded into bus for transporting to towns along the route. |
| Date | September 1940 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 6 5/16 × 9 1/8 in. (16.1 × 23.2 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.1.10 |
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts two light-skinned people wearing overalls and newsboy caps loading stacks of white paper into the trunk of a small bus. The bus is parked beside a stucco building. Another identically-dressed person stands to the right of the bus with piles of canvas bags at their feet.
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