Object number1976.69.4
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, Pennsylvania
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the National Research Project of the W.P.A.
Date1937
Artist
Lewis Wickes Hine
(American, 1874-1940)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (19.4 x 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. C. McKenzie Lewis (Alverta S. Van Dusen, class of 1938)
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, right edge in pencil: 518; on a typed label affixed to the verso: 518. A wiry handy-man in a foundry making parts for locomotives.
MarkingsOn verso, stamped left in red: Property of / NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT / of the W. P. A./ Room 917 - 12 S. 12th St. / Philadelphia, Pa. / NOT TO BE REPRODUCED / BEFORE JAN. 1938; stamped: Photo-study by Lewis W. Hine / for NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT OF WPA / 12 S. 12th St. Philadelphia, Pa.
Vassar Exhibitions
DescriptionBlack and white image of a man, pictured from the waist up, holding a ladle while molten metal pours down a shaft into it. Steam and small embers rise from the molten metal.
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Lewis Wickes Hine
c. 1908
Culture: American