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Lewis Wickes Hine — Row of Bachelor Shacks At Scott's Run, West Virginia Mines

Lewis Wickes Hine

Row of Bachelor Shacks At Scott's Run, West Virginia Mines

1936

Photographed during the Great Depression, this image captures the stark living conditions of mining communities in Appalachia. Hine's late-career work shifted toward documenting economic hardship and rural poverty.

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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Lewis Wickes Hine, Row of Bachelor Shacks At Scott's Run, West Virginia Mines, 1936

Photographed during the Great Depression, this image captures the stark living conditions of mining communities in Appalachia. Hine's late-career work shifted toward documenting economic hardship and rural poverty.

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Year
1936
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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American, Documentary Photography, Landscape, Gelatin Silver Print, Historical, Modern, Rural, Architecture, Black and White, Social Realism

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