Reader in Tampa Cigar Factory Employed by Workers
Artist
Lewis W. Hine
(American, 1874 - 1940)
Date1912
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 4 3/4 × 6 3/8 inches (12.07 × 16.19 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1471
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, top, in black ink: "LEWIS W. HINE / INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK"
InscribedTyped on sheet verso, top, in black ink: "A "Reader" in a Tampa cigar-factory / employed by the works. -1912;
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "urge of worker / to get education".
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "46" [circled];
On sheet verso, center, in pencil with black stamp: "geh neg 10272";
On sheet verso, lower left corner, in blue pen: "GEH NEG 10272";
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "N-582-739".
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Terms
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1973;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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