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Artists›Lewis Wickes Hine

Lewis Wickes Hine

1874–1940

WA-00042314

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227

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MoMA

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2657
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Lewis Wickes Hine was an American sociologist and muckraker photographer. His photographs taken during times such as the Progressive Era and the Great Depression captured young children working in harsh conditions, playing a role in bringing about the passage of the first child labor laws in the United States.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (8)

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

Newspaper Vendor

1911 · gelatin silver print on baryta paper

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

Rijksmuseum

Chicago Slums

1910 · Gelatin silver print

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

Art Institute of Chicago

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

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

Playground in a Mill Village (Playground in a Tenement Alley), Boston

1909 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 12.3 × 17.2 cm (4 7/8 × 6 13/16 in.); Paper: 12.7 × 17.8 cm (5 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

An Albanian woman from Italy at Ellis Island, 1905

gelatin silver print on baryta paper

width: 178 cm, height: 240 cm

Rijksmuseum

Artwork sources (3)

8 published of 219 catalogued · 200 with image

Art Institute Chicago
5 publishedof 118 catalogued118 img
Rijksmuseum
3 published3 img
+ 1 more source · 98 catalogued, not yet published

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3 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
A Worker Sews These By Hand for $1.65
1912 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago Phillips

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Art Institute of Chicago

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