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Migrant worker resting along roadside, Hancock County, Mississippi

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ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleMigrant worker resting along roadside, Hancock County, Mississippi
DateOctober 1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (16.8 × 24.5 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.1.29
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a medium-light skinned man wearing a hat and sitting on the ground. The figure rests his arms on his knees, in three-quarter profile, and makes eye contact with the viewer.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a medium-light skinned man wearing a hat and sitting on the ground. The figure rests his arms on his knees, in three-quarter profile, and makes eye contact with the viewer.

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"Migrant worker resting along roadside, Hancock County, Mississippi | 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.1.29