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Owner of liquor store, Costilla, New Mexico

Artwork Tombstone
ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleOwner of liquor store, Costilla, New Mexico
DateJuly 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (18.4 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.6 × 25.5 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.1.168
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts an elderly light-skinned man wearing denim overalls and a hat gazing off into the distance. He sits in a chair in front of a large radio, liquor cabinet, and various posters and calendars.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts an elderly light-skinned man wearing denim overalls and a hat gazing off into the distance. He sits in a chair in front of a large radio, liquor cabinet, and various posters and calendars.

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"Owner of liquor store, Costilla, New Mexico | 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.1.168