Playground in a Mill Village (Playground in a Tenement Alley), Boston
Place
United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date
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Unmarked recto; stamped and inscribed verso, across left half, sideways, in black ink and graphite: "LEWIS W. HINE / INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK [stamped in black ink] / Playground in a mill village / " " a Tenement alley"; inscribed verso, upper left, sideways, in graphite: "99 / 15"; verso, center, sideways, in graphite: "3 [encircled]"
Acquired through exchange with George Eastman House
Reference Number
1959.860
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Art Institute of Chicago, “Bystander: A History of Street Photography,” December 10, 1994-April 16, 1995; traveled to the San Jose Museum of Art, January 16-April 4, 1999. (Colin Westerbeck)
Art Institute of Chicago, “The Photographer’s Curator: Hugh Edwards at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1959-1970,” May 24-October 29, 2017. (Elizabeth Siegel)
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