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Lewis Wickes Hine — Sadie Pfeifer, a Cotton Mill Spinner, Lancaster, South Carolina

Lewis Wickes Hine

Sadie Pfeifer, a Cotton Mill Spinner, Lancaster, South Carolina

1908

Young Sadie's direct gaze challenges viewers to confront the human cost of industrial progress in this iconic image from Hine's child labor campaign.

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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Spotted works by Lewis Wickes Hine