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Daughters of wage-laborer working in the sugarcane fields near New Iberia, LA

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ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleDaughters of wage-laborer working in the sugarcane fields near New Iberia, LA
DateNovember 1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 9/16 × 9 5/8 in. (16.7 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.1.169
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts three young, light-skinned children standing in a doorway of a clapboard building. They gaze off to the viewer's right and the sun shines on their faces.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts three young, light-skinned children standing in a doorway of a clapboard building. They gaze off to the viewer's right and the sun shines on their faces.

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"Daughters of wage-laborer working in the sugarcane fields near New Iberia, 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.1.169