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Artists›Lewis Hine

Lewis Hine

American, 1874–1940

WA-00020880

New York City

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WikidataQ347194

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BiographyWikipedia· 88%

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

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Artworks (35)

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Icarus, Empire State Building

1930 · Gelatin silver print

9.1 x 11.5 cm (3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Soldier Thrown in Air

1917 · gelatin silver print

image: 19.2 x 24.1 cm (7 9/16 x 9 1/2 in.) sheet: 20.2 x 25.3 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

School, y9, District 3. This was the attendance on December 3, and several children were absent on account of sickness

1915 · Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper

image: 101 x 127 mm

Tate

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The Morning Attendance at the Mill School, Huntsville, Alabama

1913 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 4 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (11.3 × 16.4 cm) Sheet: 4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in. (12.5 × 17.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Title from caption on object: "Read All About It!"

1912 · gelatin silver print

image: 16.5 × 21.8 cm (6 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.) sheet: 17.7 × 23 cm (6 15/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Worker Sews These By Hand for $1.65

1912 · gelatin silver print on photographic support

height: 168 cm, width: 117 cm

Rijksmuseum

Dannie Mercurio, 150 Schottes Alley, Washington D.C.

1912 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.1 × 12 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.); Paper: 17.6 × 12.6 cm (6 15/16 × 5 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

At the Close of the Day, Pennsylvania

1911 · gelatin silver print

image: 11.2 × 16.4 cm (4 7/16 × 6 7/16 in.) sheet: 12.7 × 17.7 cm (5 × 6 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Newspaper Vendor

1911 · gelatin silver print on baryta paper

height: 114 cm, width: 163 cm, width: 270 cm, height: 305 cm

Rijksmuseum

Addie Card, 12 years old. Spinner in cotton mill, North Pownal, Vermont

1910 · gelatin silver print

image: 24.1 × 19.2 cm (9 1/2 × 7 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Knitters in London (Tennessee) Hosiery Mills

1910 · Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper

image: 107 x 167 mm

Tate

Italian Family, Chicago

1910 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 11.6 × 17 cm (4 5/8 × 6 3/4 in.); Paper: 12.7 × 17.8 cm (5 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago Slums

1910 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 11.7 × 16.4 cm (4 5/8 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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11:00 A.M. Monday, May 9th, 1910. Newsies at Skeeter's Branch, Jefferson near Franklin. They were all smoking. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

1910 · Gelatin silver print

9.1 x 11.9 cm (3 9/16 x 4 11/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Jo Lehman, a 7 year old newsboy. 824 Third Ave., N.Y. City. He was selling in this Saloon. I asked him about the badge he was wearing. "Oh! Dat's me bruder's," he said. Location: New York, New York.

1910 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 11.6 x 9.5 cm (4 9/16 x 3 3/4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Addie Card, 12 years. Spinner in North Pownal Cotton Mill. Girls in mill say she is ten years. She admitted to me she was twelve; that she started during school vacation and now would "stay". Location: Vermont

1910 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.4 x 19.3 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.) Sheet: 25.4 x 20.4 cm (10 x 8 1/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

8:30 P.M. Group of newsboys selling at the depot, Hartford, Connecticut. Smallest boy 11 years old.

1909 · gelatin silver print

image: 11.8 × 16.8 cm (4 5/8 × 6 5/8 in.) sheet: 11.8 × 17.6 cm (4 5/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Edward St. Germain and his sister Delia, mill workers, Phoenix, Rhode Island, April 1909

1909 · gelatin silver print

sheet: 11.8 × 17.7 cm (4 5/8 × 6 15/16 in.) image: 11.8 × 16.9 cm (4 5/8 × 6 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Mery Horn, a hunchback condition aggravated by the heavy load of papers she carried. Hartford, Connecticut, March 1909

1909 · gelatin silver print

sheet/image: 11.9 × 16.9 cm (4 11/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tony Casale, "Bologna," 11 years old been selling newspapers for 4 years, Hartford, Connecticut, March 1909

1909 · gelatin silver print

sheet: 12.6 × 17.6 cm (4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.) image: 11.3 × 16.4 cm (4 7/16 × 6 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

John Pento, 14 years old, Daniel and Angelo Pento, 7 years old, selling newspapers, Hartford, Connecticut

1909 · gelatin silver print

sheet/image: 11.9 × 16.8 cm (4 11/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Wagon boy or "tail boy" helping to load the wagon

1909 · gelatin silver print

image: 12 × 17.1 cm (4 3/4 × 6 3/4 in.) sheet: 12.8 × 17.8 cm (5 1/16 × 7 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Hartford Newsboys

1909 · gelatin silver print

image: 11.9 x 16.9 cm (4 11/16 x 6 5/8 in.) sheet: 12 x 17.7 cm (4 3/4 x 6 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Slovak Steel Worker in the Pittsburgh Region Relaxes after Supper

1909 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.5 × 12.6 cm (6 15/16 × 5 in.); Paper: 17.7 × 12.6 cm (7 × 5 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (6)

35 published of 35 catalogued · 27 with image

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Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img
The Met
6 published
Tate
5 published5 img
Rijksmuseum
3 published3 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Newspaper Vendor
1911 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
An Albanian woman from Italy at Ellis Island, 1905
— · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Glass works. Indianapolis, Indiana
1908 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Robert Paul, 216 Johnson Street, 10 year old newsy. Found at 11 P. N. with 12 papers near ? Hotel. Been at it 4 years. Often sells until midnight. He and brother make about $1.50 a day. Goes to school little. Sells around the college inn
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Worker Sews These By Hand for $1.65
1912 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Cotton Mill, South Carolina
1905 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Bicycle Messenger, South Carolina
1905 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Exhibition panel (Everybody Pays but Few Profit from Child Labor)
— · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
School, y9, District 3. This was the attendance on December 3, and several children were absent on account of sickness
1915 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Knitters in London (Tennessee) Hosiery Mills
1910 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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A Worker Sews These By Hand for $1.65 (1912)

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

An Albanian woman from Italy at Ellis Island, 1905

Rijksmuseum

Negro Alley Housing Whites, Washington, D.C. (1909)

Art Institute of Chicago

Men With Dog Sitting On Bench In Front Of General Store (c. 1910)

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Slovak Steel Worker in the Pittsburgh Region Relaxes after Supper (1909)

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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