Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Russell Lee: Mays Avenue Camp, Oklahoma City, 1939


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Family in front of shack home in Mays Avenue camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: photo by Russell Lee, July 1939

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A well, water supply for about a dozen families in Mays Avenue camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: photo by Russell Lee, July 1939

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Children of Mays Avenue camp pumping water from a well which supplies about a dozen families, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: photo by Russell Lee, July 1939

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Privy of family living in Mays Avenue camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: photo by Russell Lee, July 1939

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Detail of henhouse and pigeon cote, Mays Avenue camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: photo by Russell Lee, July 1939

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Pans and outdoor kitchen cupboard of family living near Mays Avenue camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: photo by Russell Lee, July 1939

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Detail of interior of shack home in Mays Avenue camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: photo by Russell Lee, July 1939

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Young married girl in Mays Avenue camp patching her husband's overalls, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: photo by Russell Lee, July 1939

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Interior of shack home of family living in Mays Avenue camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: photo by Russell Lee, July 1939

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Bed with roof over it in Mays Avenue camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: photo by Russell Lee, July 1939

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Resident of Mays Avenue camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, taking piece of glass out of boy's foot: photo by Russell Lee, July 1939

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Mother fanning child with old hat to keep off flies, Mays Avenue camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: photo by Russell Lee, July 1939

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Children in shack home, Mays Avenue camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: photo by Russell Lee, July 1939

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City dump, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was on top of such as this that the Mays Avenue camp was built: photo by Russell Lee, July 1939


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