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Farmers at auction sale, Sikeston, Missouri

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ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleFarmers at auction sale, Sikeston, Missouri
DateMay 1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/2 × 9 9/16 in. (16.5 × 24.3 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.1.31
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts two middle-aged, light-skinned men sitting next to each other on the running board of a dark-colored pickup truck. They wear fedora hats, button-down shirts and squint with neutral expressions toward the camera.

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts two middle-aged, light-skinned men sitting next to each other on the running board of a dark-colored pickup truck. They wear fedora hats, button-down shirts and squint with neutral expressions toward the camera.

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