Object number1998.9.53
Mary Kosco, four-year-old shucker [Dunbar Cannery]
Date1911
Artist
Lewis Wickes Hine
(American, 1874-1940)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (11.4 x 16.5 cm)
Sheet: 5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.8 cm)
Sheet: 5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.8 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)
InscribedWithin the negative, by artist, upper right corner [vertically and reversed]: 9x; on verso, possibly by artist, upper left in pencil: 2064; by unidentified hand, lower left corner: FLLAC 1998.9.53
Vassar Exhibitions
DescriptionA black and white image of a girl with close-cropped hair and bangs, wearing soiled clothes with an apron safety-pinned to her dress.
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Lewis Wickes Hine
c. 1933/printed c. 1940
Culture: American
