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Street Kids and Cards

Artist Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874 - 1940)
Dateca. 1907-1915
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 4 7/16 × 6 7/16 inches (11.27 × 16.35 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1451
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, top, in black ink: "LEWIS W. HINE / INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON / NEW YORK"; Artist's stamp on sheet verso, bottom, in blue and black ink: "IN ORDERING USE THIS NUMBER / 977 / HINE PHOTO COMPANY / 27 GRANT AVE. LINCOLN PARK / YONKERS, N.Y."
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "Street kids + cards / c. 1907-1915"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "977/244" [crossed out] / "2R"; On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "43" [circled]; On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "H662", "GEH Neg 2523"; Stamp on sheet verso, bottom, in blue and black ink: "Set No. 244".
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DescriptionImage of smiling boys stacking playing cards on sidewalk between two stairway balusters.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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