Ellis Island--Getting Tagged for Railroad Trip by Official
Artist
Lewis W. Hine
(American, 1874 - 1940)
Dateca. 1905
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 5/8 × 6 11/16 inches (11.75 × 16.99 cm)
Sheet: 5 × 7 inches (12.7 × 17.78 cm)
Sheet: 5 × 7 inches (12.7 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1470
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, top, in black ink: "LEWIS W. HINE / INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK";
White label adhered to sheet verso, bottom, in black type: "CREDIT: / Lewis W. Hine Memorial Collection, Photo League";
Stamp on sheet verso, bottom, in black ink with pencil: "PHOTO LEAGUE / 30 EAST 29th ST., NEW YORK [crossed out] / 23 E. 10 St NY".
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Ellis Island - 1905 [crossed out] / getting tagged for / railroad trip by official"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "28" [circled];
On sheet verso, lower right in pencil: "GEH copy neg / 3764".
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Lewis Hine is one of the giants of American social documentary photography. In 1904, as a teacher in New York City, Hine began producing an important series of pictures of immigrants at Ellis Island, a project spurred by current political debates about immigration. Hine's records of these fresh arrivals unite the aims of the ethnographic image and the formal studio portrait. He was interested in the details of dress, for example, while deeply respectful of the individual dignity of his subjects. Hine went on to record other subjects of topical interest in the early 20th century, from child labor in factories, to the adult industrial work force, to the construction of the Empire State Building in 1931-32.
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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