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Sign, Montrose, Colorado

Artwork Tombstone
ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleSign, Montrose, Colorado
DateSeptember 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (16.5 × 24.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.7 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.1.16
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a billboard propped up on wooden scaffolding. The billboard shows Uncle Sam rolling up his sleeve in profile, also wearing a vest and striped pants. The billboard text reads, “DEFEND YOUR | COUNTRY | ENLIST NOW | U.S. ARMY”

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a billboard propped up on wooden scaffolding. The billboard shows Uncle Sam rolling up his sleeve in profile, also wearing a vest and striped pants. The billboard text reads, “DEFEND YOUR | COUNTRY | ENLIST NOW | U.S. ARMY”

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"Sign, Montrose, Colorado | 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.1.16