Sign at outskirts of Tombstone, Arizona
| Artist | Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986) |
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| Title | Sign at outskirts of Tombstone, Arizona |
| Date | April 1940 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 6 1/8 × 7 13/16 in. (15.6 × 19.8 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.1.218 |
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a sign posted in desert scrubland. The sign reads "WELCOME TO | TOMBSTONE | 'THE TWON TOO TOUGH TO DIE' | BUY THE BOOK | TOMBSTONE | CALL AT | CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | YOU ARE ON | BROADWAY OF AMERICA". Mountains, telephone lines, a house, and a fence can be seen in the background.
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"Sign at outskirts of Tombstone, Arizona | 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.1.218