Mogollon, New Mexico

Artist Russell Lee (American, 1903 - 1986)

Date1940 (printed 1990)

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (24.1 × 16.5 cm)
Support: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Mat: 14 × 20 in. (35.6 × 50.8 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 number1990.70.83

DescriptionGold miner removing a light from his pith helmet. He wears kahki shirt and pants and has lit cigarette in mouth and holds metal box with wire attached to light on helmet. Corrugated metal wall with notice to employees behind him.

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