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Lewis Wickes Hine — Bleach Room Boy, Leon Halcourt, 16 Years Old, Lawrence, Massachusetts

Lewis Wickes Hine

Bleach Room Boy, Leon Halcourt, 16 Years Old, Lawrence, Massachusetts

1910

Individual stories emerge from Hine's systematic documentation of child workers in this named portrait of a teenage mill employee. His practice of recording workers' names and ages helped humanize statistical labor data.

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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Lewis Wickes Hine, Bleach Room Boy, Leon Halcourt, 16 Years Old, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1910

Individual stories emerge from Hine's systematic documentation of child workers in this named portrait of a teenage mill employee. His practice of recording workers' names and ages helped humanize statistical labor data.

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Year
1910
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

American, Documentary Photography, Early 20th Century, Gelatin Silver Print, Labor, Portrait, Serious, Youth, Black and White, Social Realism

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