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Negro Alley Housing Whites, Washington,  D.C., Near Capitol
Negro Alley Housing Whites, Washington, D.C., Near Capitol

Negro Alley Housing Whites, Washington, D.C., Near Capitol

Artist Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874 - 1940)
Date1909
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 7/8 × 6 13/16 inches (12.38 × 17.3 cm)
Sheet: 5 × 7 inches (12.7 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1458
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, top, in black ink: "LEWIS W. HINE / INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK"
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "Negro alley housing whites / Wash. D.C. 1909 / near Capitol" unknown hand, unknown date
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "33" [circled]; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "723".
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DescriptionImage of a cobblestone alleyway between buildings; one boy stretches out on a wooden bench and other boys play nearby. Two girls appear near doorways and a man sits with a child on each knee.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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