Real estate man's office in boom town a few miles from Shasta Dam, California
| Artist | Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986) |
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| Title | Real estate man's office in boom town a few miles from Shasta Dam, California |
| Date | November 1940 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 7 3/16 × 9 5/8 in. (18.2 × 24.4 cm) Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.6 × 25.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.1.213 |
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts the exterior of a clapboard building. A man in a cowboy hat sits on the porch. Signs on the roof and to either side of the building advertise available real estate, reading, "OWNERS & SUBDIVIDERS OF | BOOMTOWN PROPERTY | FROM 99 HIWAY TO U.S. RESERVATION" "HOUSES FOR RENT | LISTINGS WANTED" and "CHOICE ACRES BIG SHADE TREES $10. DOWN | $5. PER MONTH".
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