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Lewis Wickes Hine — Immigrant Mother And Child

Lewis Wickes Hine

Immigrant Mother And Child

1905

Taken at Ellis Island during the height of immigration, this intimate portrait humanizes the often anonymous masses seeking the American Dream.

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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Lewis Wickes Hine, Immigrant Mother And Child, 1905

Taken at Ellis Island during the height of immigration, this intimate portrait humanizes the often anonymous masses seeking the American Dream.

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Year
1905
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, Photography, Twentieth Century, Documentary, American, Gelatin Silver Print, Melancholic, Portrait, Figurative, Social Realism

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