Title

Negro getting a haircut in front of church which houses flood refugees. Sikeston, Missouri, 1937-02.

Caption

Negro getting a haircut in front of church which houses flood refugees. Sikeston, Missouri, 1937-02. Creators: Farm Security Administration, Russell Lee.

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Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22B39_213

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

38,2Mb (1,1Mb) / 11,1in x 13,4in / 3331 x 4013 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male library work man men sitting politics economics country trade guy color photography hair political location century customer Missouri photograph thirties concept recession photo hairdresser haircut African American seated African-American B&W two people afro-american public library hardship hairdressing clapboard daily Life United States of America Colour black & white black and white B W 1930s white and black Scott County 20th century Great Depression New York Public Library NYPL American America USA New Deal TGN outside working photograph portrait united states Heritage Art gelatin silver print Russell Lee Lee Russell Gelatin silver prints Farm Security Administration FSA still image implied racism racial stereotype Schomburg Center for Research Farm Security Administration Administration Farm Security FSA FSA Collection Russell Werner Lee Sikeston