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Lewis Wickes Hine — Negro Alley Housing Whites, Washington, D.C.

Lewis Wickes Hine

Negro Alley Housing Whites, Washington, D.C.

1909

Part of Hine's comprehensive survey of urban housing conditions, this photograph contributed to Progressive Era housing reform movements.

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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Lewis Wickes Hine, Negro Alley Housing Whites, Washington, D.C., 1909

Part of Hine's comprehensive survey of urban housing conditions, this photograph contributed to Progressive Era housing reform movements.

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Year
1909
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, American, Early 20th Century, Gelatin Silver Print, Urban, Social Documentary, Architecture, Housing, Black and White, Reportage

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