Object number1998.9.6
Sweatshop in New York Tenement Work
Date1905
Artist
Lewis Wickes Hine
(American, 1874-1940)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSight: 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (11.43 x 16.51 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alverta Van Dusen Lewis, class of 1938, in memory of her husband C. McKenzie Lewis, Jr.
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedInscribed (recto, stamp): Hastings-on-Hudson Inscribed (recto, Taped Across): Credit: Lewis Wittune Memorial Collection, Photo League Inscribed (recto, stamp): Yonkers Inscribed (recto, stamp): “Sit no.203” Inscribed (recto, stamp): Photo League Inscribed (recto, Pencil): IC2 CW426 Sweatshop in Inscribed (recto, ink): New York Tenement Work Inscribed (recto, Pencil): 1905 Inscribed (recto, Pencil): 1078
DescriptionFrom: “Child Labor”(tenements) (alternate title:”New York Tenement Homework) (workin0g on pants?).Matted with 1998.9.7.
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Lewis Wickes Hine
c. 1908
Culture: American
