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Coal Miners

Artist Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874 - 1940)
Dateca. 1922
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 9/16 × 9 5/8 inches (19.21 × 24.45 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.32 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1449
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, right edge, in blue ink: "Lewis W. Hine / Interpretive Photography / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON / NEW YORK"
InscribedOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "1920"; On sheet verso, left edge, in pencil: "Coal miners ca. 1922".
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "58" [circled]
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DescriptionImage of coal miners seated in mine carts. They are similarly dressed in jackets and hats with headlamps; many hold metal buckets.Provenance
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY;
Purchased from George Eastman House by 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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