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Young couple in doorway of their tent home. Community camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleYoung couple in doorway of their tent home. Community camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
DateJuly 1939
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 7 3/16 in. (24.4 × 18.2 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.5 × 20.7 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.1.225
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A vertical black-and-white photograph depicts a young light-skinned man and woman looking out from a doorway. The woman holds and open book and wears a printed dress. The man is smoking a cigarette and wears overalls and a driver's cap.

A vertical black-and-white photograph depicts a young light-skinned man and woman looking out from a doorway. The woman holds and open book and wears a printed dress. The man is smoking a cigarette and wears overalls and a driver's cap.

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"Young couple in doorway of their tent home. Community camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. | 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.1.225