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Young Spinners and Doffers in Richmond Spinning Mills, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Taken During Working Hours
Young Spinners and Doffers in Richmond Spinning Mills, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Taken During Working Hours
Object number1998.9.48

Young Spinners and Doffers in Richmond Spinning Mills, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Taken During Working Hours

Date1910
Artist (American, 1874-1940)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSight: 4 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (12.07 x 17.46 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alverta Van Dusen Lewis, class of 1938, in memory of her husband C. McKenzie Lewis, Jr.
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedInscribed(recto, ): L.R. “1843” Inscribed(recto, pencil): neg no. Inscribed(Verso, Pencil):1843(2) Inscribed(Verso, Ink):1843 Inscribed(Verso, blue type):”[N.C].L.C.1843 Young Spinners and doffers in Richmond spinning MIlls, Chatyonooga, Tenn., Taken during working hours Dec.16, 1910, by Lewis Hine. Smallest girl said [she] had been working there for months. The other girl said she didn’t know how long.”
DescriptionFrom: “Child Labor” (Textiles) Series.
To be matted with 1998.9.47. (hinge tears repaired - conservation needed?/RL)
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