Breaker Boys In Coal Chute, South Pittston, Pennsylvania

Photography and Media

1911

Lewis Wickes Hine
American, 1874–1940

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Lewis Wickes Hine
Title: Breaker Boys In Coal Chute, South Pittston, Pennsylvania
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1911
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, right center, sideways, in graphite: "3 [encircled]"
Dimensions: Image: 12.1 × 17.3 cm (4 13/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Paper: 12.6 × 17.6 cm (5 × 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of David Vestal
Reference Number: 1965.325
IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Learn more.: https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/23285/manifest.json

Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs from the Permanent Collection,” March 20–May 30, 1976. (Miles Barth)
Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, “A History of Photography from Chicago Collection,” April 24–June 6, 1982.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Industrial Effects: Twentieth Century Photographs from the Permanent Collection,” July 24-October 17, 1993.

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