There are massive swaths of the Texas historical experience we would have no idea existed if Russell Lee hadn't spent so much time here.
Some of my favorite Russell Lee pictures from Corpus Christi, taken in 1949. . . .
Children at Lamar School playground.
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Some of my favorite Russell Lee pictures from Corpus Christi, taken in 1949. . . .
Man studying for a night school class in a barbershop window. This one sent me to the 1949 city directory to find Memo's place.
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Some of my favorite Russell Lee pictures from Corpus Christi, taken in 1949. . . .
Corpus Christi Hooverville, 1949. This is in a part of town called North Beach, near where the Texas State Aquarium is now.
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Some of my favorite Russell Lee pictures from Corpus Christi, taken in 1949. . . .
A student in the automobile body repair and painting class at Del Mar College (my school!).
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Whoops. This one's 1939, not 1949. #editbutton
Some of my favorite Russell Lee pictures from Corpus Christi . . .
Downtown Corpus Christi, seawall under construction, 1940.
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