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Group of people watching ceremonies on main platform. State fair, Donaldsonville, LA

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ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleGroup of people watching ceremonies on main platform. State fair, Donaldsonville, LA
DateNovember 1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 9/16 × 9 1/2 in. (16.7 × 24.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.7 × 25.5 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.1.115
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a large, seated crowd of predominantly light-skinned people of mixed ages wearing semi-formal wear. They sit behind a chicken wire fence in rising bleachers and appear to be watching something happen out of view.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a large, seated crowd of predominantly light-skinned people of mixed ages wearing semi-formal wear. They sit behind a chicken wire fence in rising bleachers and appear to be watching something happen out of view.

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"Group of people watching ceremonies on main platform. State fair, Donaldsonville, LA | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=79.200.XX.1.115