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Lettering sign on drugstore window, Picayune, Mississippi

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ArtistRussell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
TitleLettering sign on drugstore window, Picayune, Mississippi
DateOctober 1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 9/16 × 9 5/8 in. (16.6 × 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.1.58
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a storefront with lettering that reads,

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts a storefront with lettering that reads, "DRUGS PEOPLE'S DRUG CO. | PRESCRIPTIONS". A person stands in front of the window applying painted text and to the left of the window stands a small scale. People are somewhat visible through the glass window.

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"Lettering sign on drugstore window, Picayune, 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.1.58