Russell Lee: The Middle of Nowhere (A Texas High Plains Survey, 1940)


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Beer joint on the Texas high plains, Dawson County, Texas: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

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Sign on the high Texas great plains, Dawson County, Texas: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

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Farmhouse on the high Texas great plains, Dawson County, Texas: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

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Wreckage of burned cotton gin and compress at Big Spring, Texas: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

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Power lines, Dawson County, Texas: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

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Grocery store and filling station in the high plains, Dawson County, Texas: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

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Farmstead in the high plains, Dawson County, Texas. Windblown field in the foreground: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

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Telephone poles along the highway, Gaines County, Texas: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940

Grave on the high plains. Dawson County, Texas

Grave on the high plains, Dawson County, Texas: photo by Russell Lee, March 1940


Photos by Russell Lee from Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress