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Playground in a Mill Village (Playground in a Tenement Alley), Boston

A work made of gelatin silver print.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

1909

Artist:

Lewis Wickes Hine
American, 1874–1940

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Lewis Wickes Hine

Title

Playground in a Mill Village (Playground in a Tenement Alley), Boston

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1909

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

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]"

Dimensions

Image: 12.3 × 17.2 cm (4 7/8 × 6 13/16 in.); Paper: 12.7 × 17.8 cm (5 × 7 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Acquired through exchange with George Eastman House

Reference Number

1959.860

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