Photography exhibit captures vintage images

  • Russell Lee shot this image of young cowboys hanging out at a feed store in Austin in 1954. Contributed photos
    Russell Lee shot this image of young cowboys hanging out at a feed store in Austin in 1954. Contributed photos
  • In 1939, this is what a noon dinner looked like in a family restaurant in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The price of this dinner was fifteen cents.
    In 1939, this is what a noon dinner looked like in a family restaurant in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The price of this dinner was fifteen cents.
  • In Virginia in 1946, photographer Russell Lee took this image of Mrs. Tudor Circo, as she stored canned fruits and vegetables under a dwelling in a company housing project for the Raven Red Ash Coal Company, No. 2 Mine in Tazewell County, Virginia.
    In Virginia in 1946, photographer Russell Lee took this image of Mrs. Tudor Circo, as she stored canned fruits and vegetables under a dwelling in a company housing project for the Raven Red Ash Coal Company, No. 2 Mine in Tazewell County, Virginia.
The Falls on the Colorado Museum presents “Russell Lee Photographs,” an exhibit of images from the 1930s and 40s open Nov.13Dec. 30. The exhibit was organized by the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History and The University of Texas at Austin. It is presented in partnership with Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Russell Lee was a renowned…

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