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Hine, Lewis W.
American (1874-1940)

TITLE ON OBJECT: A representative from one of the churches (a Social Worker) helps the immigrants in many ways. Ellis Island.
SERIES TITLE: "Ellis Island"

ca. 1915
gelatin silver print
19.5 x 24.4 cm.
Gift of the Photo League, New York: ex-collection Lewis Wickes Hine
GEH NEG: 40530
77:0177:0043

NON-GEH NUMBERS: 2E / 5715

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Doherty, Jonathan L., comp. --Lewis Wickes Hine's Interpretive Photography: The Six Early Projects.-- Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978.//
GEH submitted this image, among others, to the Museum Education Site Licensing Project - Round 1, 1994.//

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: Early 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-(rubberstamp) "Lewis W. Hine Work Portraits Hastings-on-Hudson, New York" (in ink) "A representative from one of the churches (a Social Worker) helps the immigrants in many ways. Ellis Island Photo - Hine."

NOTES: Catalogued 7/90, DZ.

SUBJECT: portrait, immigrants

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