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English: A wrestling match performance in Sikeston, Missouri, May 1938. Two wrestlers grapple while the referee (in white, right) looks on. The bearded wrestler is known as Big Tom Towers. Description on photo: "Wrestling match sponsored by American Legion, Sikeston, Missouri."
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Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Author
Russell Lee (1903–1986)  wikidata:Q514628
 
Russell Lee
Alternative names
Russell Werner Lee
Description American photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death 21 July 1903 Edit this at Wikidata 28 August 1986 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ottawa Edit this at Wikidata Austin Edit this at Wikidata
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 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q514628

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Public domain 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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A wrestling match performance in Sikeston, Missouri, circa May 1938. Two wrestlers grapple while the referee (in white) looks on. The bearded wrestler is called Big Tom Towers. (Description on photo: "Wrestling match sponsored by American Legion...")

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