
A young table boy in Newsome's ice cream parlor, Birmingham, Alabama, October
A young boy stands at work inside Newsome's ice cream parlor in Birmingham, Alabama, captured by social documentary photographer Lewis Hine during one of his investigations into child labor in America. The gelatin silver print renders the parlor's interior with striking clarity, highlighting the contrast between the cheerful commercial setting and the sobering reality of a child employed within it. Hine's unflinching eye transforms an ordinary workplace scene into a powerful record of the era's widespread reliance on juvenile labor.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print.
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- Auction House · Phillips
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Photographs
April 4, 2016
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