Untitled (Men in Truck)
- Photographer
- Russell Lee, American, 1903–1986
- Date
- c.1936
- Material
- Gelatin silver print
- Classification
- Photographs
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 6 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (16.8 x 24.1 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Shop Fund
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 160:1987
NOTES
In this informal composition of three workers framed by an open window in a truck, Russell Lee evokes the difficult life of many during the Great Depression of the 1930s. For some, cars and trucks became a necessary means for migration west to areas with opportunities for work. Under the government sponsorship of an ambitious photography program—the Information Division of the Farm Security Administration (FSA)—a number of photographers took to the road to document these social and economic conditions. Lee was one of the most prolific photographers in this project.
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