Cajun sugarcane farmer near New Iberia, Louisiana
| Artist | Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986) |
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| Title | Cajun sugarcane farmer near New Iberia, Louisiana |
| Date | October 1938 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 9 5/8 × 6 9/16 in. (24.4 × 16.6 cm) Sheet: 10 × 8 1/16 in. (25.4 × 20.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.1.3 |
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A vertical black-and-white photograph depicts a light-skinned, middle-aged man wearing a button-down shirt. He is visible from the elbows up and looks into the distance.
The Farm Security Administration’s vast repository of over 250,000 negatives captured American subcultures, such as the Cajun and Creole communities, which were largely outside of the social mainstram. These descendents of Franch, Spanish, and/or African heritage had maintained a unique mixture of language, food, music, and culture in the southern United States, primarily Louisiana, and the West Indies. [exhibited with 200.XX.1.261, 200.XX.7.21]
| Publisher | Farm Security Administration |
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