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*January 8, 2024*






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?One of the Best States of All?: Russell Lee?s Photographs of Texas, 1939-1959 [ [link removed] ]

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Russell Lee is one of the twentieth century?s most important but overlooked photographers. He launched his career during the Great Depression with the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documentary project, alongside legendary artists including Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, and Arthur Rothstein. Although Lee was the single largest contributor, longest tenured, and most widely traveled of the group, he is often overshadowed by his more famous colleagues. Living out of his car from 1936 to 1942, Lee made more than 23,000 photographs in twenty-nine states, but spent the most time in Texas, which he called ?one of the best states of all.? Join Lee biographer Mary Jane Appel for an illustrated talk about Lee?s extraordinary FSA work and its legacy, his service during the Second World War, and his post-war life and work in his beloved Lone Star State.

***Date*:?**Thursday, February 1, 6 p.m. Central**
*Platform*: **Zoom ("Registrants will receive the link to attend closer to event date")**
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Additional Upcoming Events?at State Historic Sites

* January 13:?Coffee Brewing [ [link removed] ], Washington-on-the-Brazos, Washington
* January 19:?Caddo Artist Series [ [link removed] ], Caddo Mounds, Alto
* January 20-21,?Huddled 'round the Hearth [ [link removed] ], Barrington Plantation, Washington
* January 27:?Behind-the-Scenes Tour [ [link removed] ], Sam Bell Maxey House, Paris
* January 27:?French Legation Flea Market [ [link removed] ], French Legation, Austin







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