Loading baggage of train passenger into automobile, Montrose, Colorado
| Artist | Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986) |
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| Title | Loading baggage of train passenger into automobile, Montrose, Colorado |
| Date | September 1940 |
| Medium | Gelatin silver print |
| Dimensions | Image: 6 1/4 × 6 7/16 in. (15.9 × 16.4 cm) |
| Credit Line | Henry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 79.200.XX.1.86 |
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts two older light-skinned women standing with their backs to the camera, loading suitcases into the rear of an automobile parked on a dirt road. A gas station is visible in the background that features a Coca-Cola advertisement and a sign with text, "CONSUMERS CO-OP".
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"Loading baggage of train passenger into automobile, Montrose, Colorado | 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.1.86