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Object number1998.9.5
Interpreter and Recorder Getting Data from German Family [Ellis Island]
Date1926
Artist
Lewis Wickes Hine
(American, 1874-1940)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 5/16 x 6 11/16 in. (11 x 17 cm)
Sheet: 4 15/16 x 6 15/16 in. (12.5 x 17.7 cm)
Sheet: 4 15/16 x 6 15/16 in. (12.5 x 17.7 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)
InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, right edge in pencil: GEH NEG 6776; lower right: 674;
lower left corner in black ink [circled]: 144
MarkingsOn verso, stamped upper center in blue ink: LEWIS W. HINE / INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryPhotography as Data: Augmentation, Extraction, Objectification, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 9 - September 15, 2024DescriptionImage of a woman with several young children standing at a desk surrounded by several immigration officials
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Lewis Wickes Hine
1908-1916
Culture: American
Lewis Wickes Hine
1908
Culture: American
