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Carrying Homework, East Side Park

Artist Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874 - 1940)
Date1910
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 9/16 inches (11.75 × 16.67 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1472
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, center, in black type: "CREDIT: / Lewis W. Hine Memorial Collection, Photo League"; Artist's stamp on sheet verso, bottom, upside down, in blue ink: "Lewis W. Hine / Interpretive Photography / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON / NEW YORK".
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "Carrying home-work. / East Side Park / 1910"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "31" [circled]; On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "2776 / 41-5 / 133", "94"; On sheet verso, bottom, black stamp: "PHOTO / 30 EAST 29th ST, NEW YORK"; On sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "1C2".
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DescriptionImage of a young girl carrying a large pile of bound fabric on her head. She's wearing a knee-length dress and ankle boots as she walks through a park lined with benches.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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