Children looking at poster in front of movie, Saturday, Steele, Missouri
| Artist | Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986) |
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| Title | Children looking at poster in front of movie, Saturday, Steele, Missouri |
| Date | August 1938 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 6 11/16 × 9 5/8 in. (17 × 24.5 cm) Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.7 × 25.4 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.1.35A |
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts two light-skinned children standing with their backs to the camera in an open storefront. They are looking at sandwich boards showing movie advertisements. One child wears a knee-length dress with a pinafore collar and the other wears trousers, a belt, and a white t-shirt.
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