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Clothing Maker, Rochester, NY

Artist Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874 - 1940)
Date1915
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 9/16 × 6 9/16 inches (11.59 × 16.67 cm)
Sheet: 4 15/16 × 7 inches (12.54 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1450
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 pencil: "Clothing maker / Rochester, N.Y. 1915 / (Also in "Women-Work" [1W1?])"
MarkingsOn sheet recto, lower right, in negative: "14"; On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "44" [circled]; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "22".
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DescriptionImage of woman with short hair sewing a garment which she holds in her lap. She wears a top with a fringed collar and looks directly at the viewer.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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Albanian Woman with Folded Head Cloth, Ellis Island
Lewis W. Hine
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Slavic Mother & Child, Ellis Island
Lewis W. Hine
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2005.27.1446
That's a Brave Girl
Lewis W. Hine
1930
2005.27.1480
Red Cross nurse on snow shoes
Lewis W. Hine
ca. 1921
2005.27.1437
Road to Grdjelitza
Lewis W. Hine
1918
2005.27.1478
Cotton Mill
Lewis W. Hine
1912
2005.27.1468
Untitled (child in tattered clothing)
Lewis W. Hine
ca.1910; printed later
2005.27.1452
Adolescent Spinner, Carolina Cotton Mill
Lewis W. Hine
1909
2005.27.1464
Untitled (girl at loom)
Lewis W. Hine
ca. 1905-1930
2005.27.1460
Untitled (mechanic)
Lewis W. Hine
ca. 1920s
2005.27.1473
Carrying Homework, East Side Park
Lewis W. Hine
1910
2005.27.1472