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Mother and child who live in one of the family units of the Navy Defense Housing Project for marine and navy enlisted men, San Diego, California

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ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleMother and child who live in one of the family units of the Navy Defense Housing Project for marine and navy enlisted men, San Diego, California
DateMay 1941
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 7 3/16 in. (24.4 × 18.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.1.220
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A vertical black-and-white photograph depicts a smiling light-skinned woman holding a toddler. The woman looks at the child's face, and the child looks toward the camera.

A vertical black-and-white photograph depicts a smiling light-skinned woman holding a toddler. The woman looks at the child's face, and the child looks toward the camera.

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