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Crab-boil, Raceland, La.

Artwork Tombstone
ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleCrab-boil, Raceland, La.
DateSeptember 1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/8 × 8 7/8 in. (15.5 × 22.5 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.1.223
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts three light-skinned women and a light-skinned man sitting around a table covered in crabs. The woman on the end of the table takes a swig of her beer. The man holds a crab claw.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts three light-skinned women and a light-skinned man sitting around a table covered in crabs. The woman on the end of the table takes a swig of her beer. The man holds a crab claw.

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"Crab-boil, Raceland, 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.1.223