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Midnight at the Bowery Mission Breadline in Depression and Winter
Midnight at the Bowery Mission Breadline in Depression and Winter

Midnight at the Bowery Mission Breadline in Depression and Winter

Artist Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874 - 1940)
Dateca. 1908-1912
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 7/8 × 6 7/8 inches (12.38 × 17.46 cm)
Sheet: 5 × 7 inches (12.7 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1438
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, top, in black ink: "LEWIS W. HINE / INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK"
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in gold pen: "Midnight at the Bowery Mission / bread-line, on the Bowery - / in the old days of depression / & winter. / Hine"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "1-0"; On sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "26 [circled]"
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DescriptionGroup of men, various ages, standing next to one another. They all wear jackets and hats and look forward with neutral expressions.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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