Migrant steeple-jack dropping the pan of his automobile before replacing burned-out bearing. His father and wife are also shown. When he secures a job, the entire family, consisting of his father and mother, wife and sister, all help with the painting

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Title
Migrant steeple-jack dropping the pan of his automobile before replacing burned-out bearing. His father and wife are also shown. When he secures a job, the entire family, consisting of his father and mother, wife and sister, all help with the painting
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lee, Russell

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1939-06
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 033375-D
Topics
Oklahoma -- Prague
Oklahoma -- Lincoln County
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 67546
TMS Object Number: 033375-D
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f5a706e0-2e1d-0137-965b-21689ef9d35d
Rights Statement
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Migrant steeple-jack dropping the pan of his automobile before replacing burned-out bearing. His father and wife are also shown. When he secures a job, the entire family, consisting of his father and mother, wife and sister, all help with the painting" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/02964650-2e22-0137-7fdc-02395cd7f9f8

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). Migrant steeple-jack dropping the pan of his automobile before replacing burned-out bearing. His father and wife are also shown. When he secures a job, the entire family, consisting of his father and mother, wife and sister, all help with the painting Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/02964650-2e22-0137-7fdc-02395cd7f9f8

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Migrant steeple-jack dropping the pan of his automobile before replacing burned-out bearing. His father and wife are also shown. When he secures a job, the entire family, consisting of his father and mother, wife and sister, all help with the painting