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IMAGO Russell Lee Archive, US rural population, Louisiana 1938

Apr 15, 2024

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  • Child of white migrant berry worker picking strawberries in field near Ponchatoula, Louisiana, 1939 (b w photo) 8794447 Child of white migrant berry worker picking strawberries in field near Ponchatoula, Louisiana, 1939 (b w photo) by Lee, Russell (1903-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: By Lee Russell). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 8794447
  • Concessionaire making a hamburger, state fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana, 1938 (b w photo) 8782689 Concessionaire making a hamburger, state fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana, 1938 (b w photo) by Lee, Russell (1903-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: By Lee Russell). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 8782689
  • Farm girl leaning on wagon, near Morganza, Louisiana, 1938 (b w photo) 8782687 Farm girl leaning on wagon, near Morganza, Louisiana, 1938 (b w photo) by Lee, Russell (1903-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: By Lee Russell). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 8782687
  • LOUISIANA: FARM BOYS, 1938. Farm boys seated on a cart in Louisiana. Photograph by Russell Lee, October 1936. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637259
  • NEW ORLEANS: STEVEDORES. African American stevedores sleeping on a pile of lumber on a boat along the Mississippi River near New Orleans, Louisiana. Photograph by Russell Lee, September 1938. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0636818
  • LOUISIANA: CHILD, 1939. African American child at a phonograph in Transylvania Project, Louisiana. Photograph by Russell Lee, January 1939. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0621112
  • LOUISIANA, 1938. Signs in Crowley, Louisiana. Photograph by Russell Lee, 1938. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0527384
  • LOUISIANA: STEVEDORES, 1938. Stevedores eating on stern of the boat El Rito in Pilottown, Louisiana. Photograph by Russell Lee, 1938. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0323147
  • LOUISIANA: MUSICIANS, 1938. African American musicians playing the accordion and washboard in front of a store, near New Iberia, Louisiana. Photograph by Russell Lee, November 1938. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0122207
  • SHARECROPPERS, 1939. A sharecropper and his family, clients of the Transylvania Resettlement Project in Transylvania, Louisiana. Photograph by Russell Lee, January 1939. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0121770
  • MEN TALKING, 1938. African American men talking on a porch of small rural store near Jeanerette, Louisiana. Photograph by Russell Lee, October 1938. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0121769
  • SHANTYTOWN, 1938. Migrant worker using a washbin to clean the dishes near his shack in a shantytown near New Iberia, Louisiana. Photograph by Russell Lee, November 1938. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0121700
  • BINGO GAME, 1938. Three women playing bingo at the Louisiana State Fair in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Photograph by Russell Lee, November 1938. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0121698
  • FARMERS, 1938. Two farmers sitting on burlap sacks of rice at a mill in Abbeville, Louisiana. Photograph by Russell Lee, September 1938. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0121659
  • CARD GAME, 1938. Two African American workers playing the card game coon-can or conquian, in the back storeroom near Reserve, Louisiana. Photograph by Russell Lee, September 1938. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0121657
  • GUITAR PLAYER, 1938. Cajun Hawaiian guitar player at the National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana. Photograph by Russell Lee, October 1938. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0121606
  • LOUISIANA: TAVERN, 1938. Men drinking beer at the bar in Pilottown, Louisiana. Photograph by Russell Lee, September 1938. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0121494
  • MIGRANT FARMER, 1939. A migrant strawberry picker playing guitar in his tent near Hammond, Louisiana. Photograph by Russell Lee, April 1939. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0108393
  • Negro mother with children on porch of home near Paulina, Louisiana, 1938 (b w photo) 7176950 Negro mother with children on porch of home near Paulina, Louisiana, 1938 (b w photo) by Lee, Russell (1903-86); Private Collection. Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 7176950
  • Negro mother teaching children numbers and alphabet in home of sharecropper, Transylvania, Louisiana, 1939 (b w photo) 7176933 Negro mother teaching children numbers and alphabet in home of sharecropper, Transylvania, Louisiana, 1939 (b w photo) by Lee, Russell (1903-86); 1939 cm; Private Collection. Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 7176933
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Negro mother teaching children numbers and alphabet in home of sharecropper..., Jan 1939. Creators: Farm Security Administration, Russell Lee. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2940740 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Posters and decorations in combined general store and post office, Olga, Louisiana, 1938-09. Creator: Russell Lee. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2931686 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • March 30, 2020, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA: People Sitting on Dock, Russell Lee, U.S. Farm Security Administration, September 1938 New Orleans USA - ZUMAg145 20200330_zza_g145_015 Copyright: xJTxVintagex
  • People Sitting on Dock, Russell Lee, U.S. Farm Security Administration, September 1938 Copyright: xCircaxImagesx ghi-circa08071
  • Traveling Evangelists with Cart on Road between Lafayette and Scott, Louisiana, USA, Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration, October 1938 Editorial Use Only Copyright: CircaxImages ghi-circa04863
  • Migrant cane chair maker and wife in front of their automobile home, near Paradis, Louisiana 19380101 Migrant cane chair maker and wife in front of their automobile home, near Paradis, Louisiana, 19380101; by Russell lee, 1903-1986, Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP16A01058
  • May 10, 2018 - Louisiana, USA - Traveling Evangelists with Cart on Road between Lafayette and Scott, Louisiana, USA, Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration, October 1938 USA - ZUMAg145 20180510_zza_g145_002 Copyright: xJTxVintagex
  • Migrant cane chair maker and wife in front of their automobile home, near Paradis, Louisiana, 19380101; by Russell lee, 1903-1986, WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_039_0664