Conquian_Players_Louisiana_1938.jpg

Description

"Game of coon-can in store near Reserve, Louisiana". Photo of two African American men sitting playing Conquian (card game), 1938.

Date

September 1938

Source

Photo by Russell Lee for Farm Security Administration. Via Library of Congress website [1] ; converted from tif to jpg, contrast adjusted and border cropped before upload to Wikimedia Commons.

Author



Alternative names	Russell Werner Lee
Description	American photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death	21 July 1903	28 August 1986
Location of birth/death	Ottawa	Austin
Work period	1936-1943 Farm Security Administration, 1950s/1960s Industrial photography (Standard Oil New Jersey, Aramco, J&L Steel), 1965-1973 University of Texas
Work location	United States of America
Authority file	: Q514628 VIAF : 70498714 ISNI : 0000000078688096 ULAN : 500036938 LCCN : n85306734 NAID : 10570269 WorldCat

Permission
( Reusing this file )

This image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information domestic photographic units, taken as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government , the image is in the public domain in the United States. See Copyright .

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September 1938

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