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Title: killed [photographer's note--no caption]
Identifier: e_rl_14646_0224
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: killed [photographer's note--no caption]

Title: killed [photographer's note--no caption]
Identifier: e_rl_14646_0228
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: killed [photographer's note--no caption]

Title: killed [photographer's note--no caption]
Identifier: e_rl_14646_0226
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: killed [photographer's note--no caption]

Title: killed [photographer's note--no caption]
Identifier: e_rl_14646_0245
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: killed [photographer's note--no caption]

Title: killed [photographer's note--no caption]
Identifier: e_rl_14920_0036
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: killed [photographer's note--no caption]

Title: Laying a foundation for an adobe house
Identifier: e_rl_14920_0097
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: Laying a foundation for an adobe house being built by a Spanish-speaking family, San Juan addition, El Paso.

Title: Little boy
Identifier: e_rl_13918ef_0018
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: Little boy in door way of his home. See e_rl_13918ad_0003, 13918ad_ 0017, 13918ad_ 0018 and 13918ad_ 0019. Corpus Christi, Texas.

Title: A little girl playing
Identifier: e_rl_13918ef_0004
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: A little girl playing on the doorsteps of her home. This is one of twenty houses grouped around an open court with its four outdoor flush toilets used by at least a hundred people. The houses rent from $1 to $4 weekly; none have electricity or running water; the $4 weekly ones have a gas connection and are slightly larger. Corpus Christi, Texas.

Title: A little girl playing
Identifier: e_rl_13918ef_0003
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: A little girl playing on the doorsteps of her home. This is one of twenty houses grouped around an open court with its four outdoor flush toilets used by at least a hundred people. The houses rent from $1 to $4 weekly; none have electricity or

Title: Looking toward a new addition
Identifier: e_rl_14233_0036
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: Looking toward a new addition near Ben Ficklin road outside the city limits of San Angelo, Texas. The lots range in price from $200 to $360; the highest priced ones being on Ben Ficklin road. Electricity and running water are available in most of the addition and sewers are now part of the addition.

Title: A man repairing a bicycle
Identifier: e_rl_13918ad_0009
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: A man who is employed by Brown and Root repairing a bicycle for his children. Note--these children may not all belong in one family. The man spoke no English but we gathered that he did semi-skilled construction work. Corpus Christi, Texas.

Title: A man repairing a bicycle
Identifier: e_rl_13918ad_0010
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: A man who is employed by Brown and Root repairing a bicycle for his children. Note--these children may not all belong in one family. The man spoke no English but we gathered that he did semi-skilled construction work. Corpus Christi, Texas.

Title: Mrs. Estella Cortez
Identifier: e_rl_13918af_0003
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: Mrs. Estella Cortez and her daughter standing in the doorway of their three room house which rents for $4 weekly. The only utility available is gas; their bill for cooking and heating gas varies from $5 to $8 monthly. Corpus Christi, Texas.

Title: Narrow walk
Identifier: e_rl_14920r2_0012
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: Narrow walk around second floor of tenement house occupied by Spanish-speaking people, southern section of El Paso.

Title: A new home.
Identifier: e_rl_13918bc_0017
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: A new home. Corpus Christi, Texas.

Title: new house with a small house in the backyard.
Identifier: e_rl_14646_0251
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: See rwl14646_0246. Note that in this picture of a fairly new house there is already a small house in the backyard.

Title: New houses
Identifier: e_rl_13943iiac_0018
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: New houses are being built faster than the city takes care of drainage, utility, and street work. Corpus Christi, Texas. Please note that this house is in an area with electricity and water.

Title: New houses
Identifier: e_rl_13943iiac_0019
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: New houses are built but the city has done little to help drainage problems and maintain streets. This street becomes impassable during rainy weather. Corpus Christi, Texas.

Title: New houses in the Molinas addition
Identifier: e_rl_13943iicd_0020
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: New houses for sale in the Molinas addition which is adjacent to the municipal airport, outside the city limits. This addition is developing with little planning as the mid-city Latin-American strip bursts its seams. The addition has running water and electricity though there is no evidence of these particular houses being supplied with either. Corpus Christi, Texas.

Title: Newer houses
Identifier: e_rl_13943iir1_0008
Creator: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
Topic: Latin Americans, Housing
Dates: 1949
Resource: Russell Lee photograph collection
Description: Newer houses which showed good maintenance and repair work on the part of owners and tenants; however, city drainage and street maintenance was almost completely lacking. Corpus Christi, Texas.

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