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Lewis Wickes Hine — Newsies at Skeeter Branch, St. Louis, Missouri, 11:00 a.m.

Lewis Wickes Hine

Newsies at Skeeter Branch, St. Louis, Missouri, 11:00 a.m.

1910

Street-level child labor in urban America becomes visible through Hine's documentation of newsboys during school hours. His systematic approach to photographing working children helped quantify the scope of educational deprivation.

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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Lewis Wickes Hine, Newsies at Skeeter Branch, St. Louis, Missouri, 11:00 a.m., 1910

Street-level child labor in urban America becomes visible through Hine's documentation of newsboys during school hours. His systematic approach to photographing working children helped quantify the scope of educational deprivation.

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

Related themes

Monochrome, Documentary, American, Photograph, Street Scene, Early Twentieth Century, Gelatin Silver Print, Children, Reportage, Social Realism

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