Some of the business enterprises at Central Valley, California. This section of the town has lost business because the main highway was enrouted and left it stranded. Central Valley is one of the boom towns near Shasta Dam.
| Artist | Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986) |
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| Title | Some of the business enterprises at Central Valley, California. This section of the town has lost business because the main highway was enrouted and left it stranded. Central Valley is one of the boom towns near Shasta Dam. |
| Date | November 1940 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 7 1/16 × 9 5/8 in. (18 × 24.5 cm) Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.1.153 |
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts the view down a quiet dirt road with various storefronts and a wooden sidewalk on the viewer's left. One store in the foreground has painted text that reads, "25¢ | Store," "5¢ 10¢ 25¢ to $1.00 | STORE," "WIGGINS | 5¢ TO $1.00 | STORE." Two women are visible walking down the wooden sidewalk away from the viewer.
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