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Lewis Wickes Hine — Pennsylvania Coal Mine

Lewis Wickes Hine

Pennsylvania Coal Mine

1910

Coal mining operations are documented with an emphasis on industrial scale and mechanical complexity. The photograph preserves visual evidence of early 20th-century extractive industries and their impact on communities.

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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Lewis Wickes Hine, Pennsylvania Coal Mine, 1910

Coal mining operations are documented with an emphasis on industrial scale and mechanical complexity. The photograph preserves visual evidence of early 20th-century extractive industries and their impact on communities.

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

Related themes

Industrial, Coal Mine, Monochrome, American, Documentary Photography, Gelatin Silver Print, Labor, 1910s, Social Documentary, Black and White

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