Chicago Slums
Artist
Lewis W. Hine
(American, 1874 - 1940)
Date1910
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 3/4 × 6 3/4 inches (12.07 × 17.15 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 number2005.27.1479
SignedSheet verso, top center, black stamp: "LEWIS W. HINE / INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK"
InscribedOn white label adhered to sheet verso, top, in black ink: "Chicago slums. / Photographed in 1910 by Lewis W. Hine.";
On sheet verso, top, in pencil: "Also in "Tenements"".
MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in black pencil: "2 3/4 / 47c / 4/1 / 4 x 2 3/4";
On sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "9502" / "262".
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DescriptionChild looking throughstorefront door window with hand on glass.ProvenanceHallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1983;
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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