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Lewis Wickes Hine — Coal Miner

Lewis Wickes Hine

Coal Miner

1920

Coal dust and exhaustion mark the face of an industrial worker whose labor powered America's economic expansion.

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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Lewis Wickes Hine, Coal Miner, 1920

Coal dust and exhaustion mark the face of an industrial worker whose labor powered America's economic expansion.

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Year
1920
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

American, Documentary Photography, Early Twentieth Century, Gelatin Silver Print, Coal Mining, Working Class, Portrait, Serious, Black and White, Social Realism

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