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Title
Sign on shoe shine parlor, San Antonio, Texas
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lee, Russell

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1939-03
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 012079-M3 c.2
Topics
Texas -- San Antonio
Texas -- Bexar County
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Content: Title and date from Library of Congress.
Content: FSA Collection contains two copies of this photograph.
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: 60628
TMS Object Number: 012079-M3 c.2
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c02e8980-d6f2-0136-8050-0236603d85db
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1939: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Sign on shoe shine parlor, San Antonio, Texas" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/da57e6e0-d6f4-0136-3303-177aeb4d81fd

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Sign on shoe shine parlor, San Antonio, Texas" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 9, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/da57e6e0-d6f4-0136-3303-177aeb4d81fd

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). Sign on shoe shine parlor, San Antonio, Texas Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/da57e6e0-d6f4-0136-3303-177aeb4d81fd

Wikipedia Citation

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Sign on shoe shine parlor, San Antonio, Texas