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Handicapped: Crippled Steel Worker,  Bethlehem, PA
Handicapped: Crippled Steel Worker, Bethlehem, PA

Handicapped: Crippled Steel Worker, Bethlehem, PA

Artist Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874 - 1940)
Date1909
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 11/16 × 6 5/8 inches (11.91 × 16.83 cm)
Sheet: 5 × 7 inches (12.7 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1436
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, top, in black ink: "LEWIS W. HINE / INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK"
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "Handicapped: - Crippled / Steel worker, - Bethlem [sic], Pa. / 1909" uknown hand, unknown date
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "35" [circled]; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "125".
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DescriptionImage of mustachioed man standing on the sidewalk with crutches; he is missing his left foot. His head is turned to the right and his eyes are closed.Provenance
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1973;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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