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First Work in America

Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874–1940)
1910

Medium/Technique Photograph, gelatin silver print
Dimensions Image: 24 x 19 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 25 x 20 cm (9 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Polaroid Foundation Purchase Fund
Accession Number1973.614
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs

DescriptionOriginal photograph
InscriptionsOn verso in pencil: "First work in America - Italian immigrant carries garments to tenement home for the family to sew - 1910 N. Y. East Side", on verso typed: Lewis W. Hine Memorial Collection, Photo League.
ProvenanceCarl Siembab Gallery of Photography, Boston; purchased December 1973.
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