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Cut-over farmer taking a pinch of snuff near Little Fork, Minnesota

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ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleCut-over farmer taking a pinch of snuff near Little Fork, Minnesota
DateSeptember 1937
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/4 × 5 5/8 in. (18.4 × 14.3 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.1.226
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A vertical black-and-white photograph depicts a light-skinned man with a mustache in the process of putting a pinch of tobacco into his mouth. His mouth is open, and he holds the tin of snuff in his other hand. A horse is visible in the background.

A vertical black-and-white photograph depicts a light-skinned man with a mustache in the process of putting a pinch of tobacco into his mouth. His mouth is open, and he holds the tin of snuff in his other hand. A horse is visible in the background.

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"Cut-over farmer taking a pinch of snuff near Little Fork, Minnesota | 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.1.226