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Sign and battery on Negro's truck, Waco, Texas

Artwork Tombstone
ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleSign and battery on Negro's truck, Waco, Texas
DateNovember 1939
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (16.8 × 24.5 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.1.210
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a close-up view of a battered truck. Hand-painted lettering on the door reads,

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a close-up view of a battered truck. Hand-painted lettering on the door reads, "ELIJAH AND DAVIS WOODYARD | WE MOVES FOR 50." The truck battery is sitting on the footboard.

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"Sign and battery on Negro's truck, Waco, Texas | 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.1.210