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Mechanic working on auto parts

Artist Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874 - 1940)
Dateca. 1921-1925
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 3/4 × 6 7/8 inches (12.07 × 17.46 cm)
Sheet: 5 × 7 inches (12.7 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1469
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, top, in blue ink: "Lewis W. Hine / Interpretive Photography / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON / NEW YORK"
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "Mechanic working / on auto parts"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "1M"; On sheet verso, upper left edge, in pencil: "72 159 39 48"; On sheet verso, central left edge, in pencil: "23-50 [crossed out] 51-97"; On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "B23"; On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "D".
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DescriptionImage of man standing in profile working with metal machinery used to make auto parts. He wears a long-sleeved collared shirt and round-rimmed glasses.Exhibition History

Masters of 20th-Century Photography from the Hallmark Collection. Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, IA, May 2 -June 13, 1982, no cat.

New Acquisitions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection 1980-1983. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 1 - May 1, 1983.

Provenance
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1997;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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