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Hine, Lewis W.
American (1874-1940)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Engineer with level
SERIES TITLE: "Empire State" (Engineers)

ca. 1931
gelatin silver print
9.4 x 11.9 cm.
Gift of the Photo League, New York: ex-collection Lewis Wickes Hine
GEH NEG: 9350
77:0168:0001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Dupry, Alan. --Lewis Hine.-- Granada, Spain: Diputacion Provincial de Granada, 1991. p. 100.//

Hine, Lewis W. --Men at Work: Photographic Studies of Modern Men and Machines.-- New York: Dover Publications, and International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, 1977. unp.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Lewis Hine", France, Paris, Musée Carnavalet, November 5, 1990 - January 6, 1991.//
"Lewis W. Hine: Human Documents", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - North Gallery, March 3 - May 31, 1992.//
"Lewis W. Hine: Americans at Work", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Travel, *** no exhib date given ***.//
"Lewis Hine: Passionate Journey; Photographs 1905-1939", Germany, Cologne, Römisch-Germanisches Museum, September 12 - December 29, 1996.//

INSCRIPTION: verso-(in pencil) "Engineer with level." "This photograph used in `Men at Work'"

NOTES: Catalogued 7/90, DZ.

SUBJECTS:
occupation, engineer
people, surveying

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