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Printing and typesetting. See 4168. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

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Hine grew up in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. As a young man he had to care for himself, and working at a furniture factory gave him first-hand knowledge of industrial workers' harsh reality. Eight years later he matriculated at the University of Chicago and met Professor Frank A. Manny, whom he followed to New York to teach at the Ethical Culture School and continue his studies at New York University. As a faculty member at the Ethical Culture School Hine was introduced to photography. From 1904 until his death he documented a series of sites and conditions in the USA and Europe. In 1906 he became a photographer and field worker for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC). Undercover, disguised among other things as a Bible salesman or photographer for post-cards or industry, Hine went into American factories. His research methodology was based on photographic documentation and interviews. Together with the NCLC he worked to place the working conditions of two million American children onto the political agenda. The NCLC later said that Hine's photographs were decisive in the 1938 passage of federal law governing child labor in the United States. In 1918 Hine left the NCLC for the Red Cross and their work in Europe. After a short period as an employee, he returned to the United States and began as an independent photographer. One of Hine's last major projects was the series Men at Work, published as a book in 1932. It is a homage to the worker that built the country, and it documents such things as the construction of the Empire State Building. In 1940 Hine died abruptly after several years of poor income and few commissions. Even though interest in his work was increasing, it was not until after his death that Hine was raised to the stature of one of the great photographers in the history of the medium.

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01/01/1916
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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
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Lewis W. Hine

Lewis Hine, Library of Congress Collection
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Fall River ,  41.70149, -71.15505
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Capitol Radio Engineering Institute. Students at workbench at Capitol Radio Engineering Institute

In this group are some of the youngest workers in Spinning Room of Cornell Mill. The smallest is Jo Benevidos, 5 Merion St. Other small ones are: John Sousa, 84 Boutwell St., Anthony Valentin, 203 Pitman St. Manuel Perry, 124 Everett St. John Travaresm [or Taveresm?], 90 Cash St. The difficulty they had in writing their names was pathetic. When I asked the second hand in charge of the room to let the boys go outside a moment and let me get a snap-shot he objected, saying they would stay out and not be in shape to work. When they carry dinners, they breathe the close air of the spinning room from 7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. with no let-up. Cornell Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts.

The Shop, Seneca Street Vocational School. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

(See 4052) The teacher and the lone pupil present in School #9, Dist. 3, Ft. Morgan out of a possible 20 pupils, five weeks after school began. They try to have 9 mos. of school. Location: Fort Morgan, Colorado / Photo by Hine.

Mary Donahue, 15 years old (on right of photo), curling petals at the Boston Floral Supply Co., 347-357 Cambridge Street. Said to be the only flower factory in Massachusetts. Pauline Steele, 15 years old (on Mary's right) makes carnations. Beatrice Sicco, 15 years old (left side of photo), curling. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Grandmother of the Britt children. See 1914, also report of Lewis W. Hine on North Carolina. April 1915. Location: Evergreen, North Carolina.

Learning a Trade. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Florence Anderson, 15 years old. Folding curtains at Boutwell, Fairclough & Gold, 274 Summer Street Extension. Mr. Fitzgerald, Manager. Location: Boston, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

[King Philip Spinning Room. Spare Hand on spinning frames Hannah Mills, 603 Dwelly St. 15 years old.] Location: Fall River, Massachusetts. / Lewis W. Hine.

Operating an automatic press. Boston Index Card Co., 113 Purchase Street. Lewis W. Hine. Humane [?] Press. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

National Radio Institute, U and 16th Sts. Radio parts II

Capitol Radio Engineering Institute. Man at radio broadcast set-up at Capitol Radio Engineering Institute

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