{
  "file": "photo-0080.jpg",
  "subject": "Russell Lee (OWI photographer). Family of Man Master Checklist plate #84, Section 10 Family Activities, USA, 16 x 20 cm. Checklist credits: Russell Lee, Bureau of Mines (commissioner), American. LOC caption: 'Butte, Montana. Family of Victor Rauh, miner. Left to right: Gloria, Richard, Katherine, Mr. Rauh, Harvey, Dorothy, Victor Jr.' October 1942. LC-USW3-009705-D / LC-DIG-fsa-8d09343.",
  "source": "Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division — Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives",
  "source_url": "https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017838555/",
  "source_url_direct": "https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/fsa/8d09000/8d09300/8d09343v.jpg",
  "license": "PD-USGov",
  "license_url": "https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html",
  "rights_holder": "U.S. Office of War Information / Bureau of Mines. Photograph by Russell Lee (1903–1986), made as part of his official duties as a government staff photographer. Public domain as a work of the U.S. federal government. LOC rights: 'No known restrictions.'",
  "attribution": "Russell Lee, 'Butte, Montana. Family of Victor Rauh, miner.' October 1942. Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress (LC-DIG-fsa-8d09343). Rights: No known restrictions (PD-USGov).",
  "date_taken": "October 1942",
  "url_verified_at": "2026-05-12",
  "basis": "public_domain",
  "plate_level_note": "Plate-level identification of this specific LOC item with checklist plate #84 (Section 10 Family Activities) has NOT been verified against a Tier-1 source in this round. The checklist entry is Untitled with no subject description and credits 'Bureau of Mines' as commissioner. The LOC item page (fetched via browser MCP 2026-05-12; see .scratch/loc-photo-0080.html) places this image in the FSA/OWI collection with a note 'Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.' The LOC collection context is FSA/OWI, not Bureau of Mines directly; Russell Lee's Bureau of Mines documentary work from 1942 was often processed and deposited through OWI. This image — a miner's family group portrait in Butte, Montana — is consistent with the plate's Section 10 'Family Activities' designation and the 'Bureau of Mines' commissioner credit, but the exact match has not been confirmed in a Tier-1 source."
}