Lewis Wickes Hine (American, 1874-1940) "Orval Riggins, Near Elizabethtown, Kentucky" "Noon Hour at the Brown Shoe Factory, Moberly, Missouri" "Group of Workers in the Peerless Box Company, Washington, Missouri" group of three silver gelatin prints all matted. 4" x 5", 4-3/4" x 6-1/2", and 4-1/4" x 5-5/8", respectively Notes: For nearly a decade, the photographer Lewis Wickes Hine worked for the National Child Labor committee, a social reform organization which had been established in 1904 with the goal of bringing national exposure to the plight of children in full time employment in America's factories and mills. Hine's stark black and white photos revealed the plight of these children - often as young as four or five - and included inscriptions of the personal information he was able to gather from his subjects; names, ages, level of schooling, family situation, etc. These photos made the general American population aware, often for the first time, of the truly dire nature of the lives of child mill and factory workers, and were implicitly responsible for the resulting child labor laws.
Lewis Wickes Hine (American, 1874-1940) "Orval Riggins, Near Elizabethtown, Kentucky" "Noon Hour at the Brown Shoe Factory, Moberly, Missouri" "Group of Workers in the Peerless Box Company, Washington, Missouri" group of three silver gelatin prints all matted. 4" x 5", 4-3/4" x 6-1/2", and 4-1/4" x 5-5/8", respectively Notes: For nearly a decade, the photographer Lewis Wickes Hine worked for the National Child Labor committee, a social reform organization which had been established in 1904 with the goal of bringing national exposure to the plight of children in full time employment in America's factories and mills. Hine's stark black and white photos revealed the plight of these children - often as young as four or five - and included inscriptions of the personal information he was able to gather from his subjects; names, ages, level of schooling, family situation, etc. These photos made the general American population aware, often for the first time, of the truly dire nature of the lives of child mill and factory workers, and were implicitly responsible for the resulting child labor laws.
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