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Wheelwright Gallery No. 4 |
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The Russell Lee Photographs |
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Russell Lee was a photographer who understood how important good composition is to the success of a photograph. The picture below is a good example of what I'm talking about. He also understood how to capture subtle tones of light and shade. Except for some of his interior shots, where he uses a flashbulb and bleaches his subject, his photographs almost always have perfect tonal balance. In other words, they have the kind of distribution of blacks, dark greys, light greys, and whites that reveals the subject in its entirety. Achieving this kind of balance is as much a part of the art of developing and printing photographs as it is of taking them, and there is no doubt that Lee was a master developer and printer as well as a master photographer. |
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Grade school students play ring-around-the-rosie during recess at the Palmer-Dunbar Elementary School in Wheelwright. Click here. |
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George Fain, son of Harry Fain,, bowling at the Wheelwright Bowling Alley. Click here. |
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Recess at the Palmer-Dunbar Elementary School. Click here. |
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Front of Wheelwright General Store. It had grocery, hardware, and furniture departments. Click here. |
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Washday in Inland Steel Company housing project. Click here. |
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Mrs. Harry Fain, coal loader's wife, relaxes after working in the Wheelwright Grocery Store. Click here. |
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Miners in soda fountain booth. Click here. |
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The African Baptist Church Choir won the district singing competition in 1945. Click here. |
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Follwing the movie, the snack bar at the Bowling Alley was always crowded. Click here. |
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Family of Harry Fain, coal loader. From left to right are son Harry Ray, daughter Ella Jane, Harry, Mrs. Fain, Geraldine, and George. Click here. |
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General Store where Mrs. Harry Fain worked as a clerk. Click here. |
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High School students in Wheelwright High School Auditorium. Click here. |
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Restaurant and liquor store patronized by Inland Steel Company miners. Click here. |
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Geraldine Fain, daughter of Harry Fain, browsing in the free library, provided by the company. Click here. |
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View of downtown section of Wheelwright along main street. Click here. |
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Main Street in Wheelwright, looking toward general store. For a larger Click here. |
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View of downtown business section of Wheelwright and part of company housing project. Click here. |
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Hospital and clinic building owned by Inland Steel Company. Click here. |
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Cleaning plant and tipple of the Inland Steel Company mines. Click here. |
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Mrs. Temis Sullivan, coal miner's wife, in the kitchen of her home in the company housing project. Click here. |
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Back to Wheelwright Table of Contents |
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Back to Archive Main Page |
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Go to Oldest House in the Valley |
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Go to Jack May's War |
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Go to Big Sandy Steamboats |
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Battle of Middle Creek |
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To order a picture from this collection, contact the Still Pictures Branch, National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001. Their phone number is 301-713-6625. |
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