Mogollon, NM

Artist Russell Lee (American, 1903 - 1986)

Date1940

Mediumgelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 × 9 3/8 in. (17.8 × 23.8 cm)
Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)

ClassificationsPhotograph

Credit LineNew Mexico Farm Security Administration Collection, Museum purchase with funds from the Pinewood Foundation with additional support from Barbara Erdman, 1990

Object number1990.70.182

DescriptionAutomatic packing machine at the gold mine, scoop picks up the ore & deposits it in the car for transporting. Man in pith helmetstands next to tunnel wall behind the scoop; the car is marked "13", pipes run overhead.

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