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Hine, Lewis W.
American (1874-1940)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Tenement Rookeries, Washington, D.C.
PUBLISHED TITLE: Slums in Washington, D.C.
SERIES TITLE: (Slums/Tenements, Unid Location) series

1908
gelatin silver print
11.7 x 16.8 cm.
Gift of the Photo League, New York: ex-collection Lewis Wickes Hine
GEH NEG: 6302
78:1025:0006

OLD GEH NUMBER: 72:0159:4520
NON-GEH NUMBERS: 2H2 / 2936

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Mayer, Robert A. --Blacks in America.-- Rochester, NY: George Eastman House, 1986. p. 25.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Blacks in America: A Photographic Record", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 25 - March 30, 1986.//
"Lewis Hine: Passionate Journey; Photographs 1905-1939", Germany, Cologne, Römisch-Germanisches Museum, September 12 - December 29, 1996.//

INSCRIPTION: verso-(rubberstamp) "In Ordering Use This Number 2936 Hine Photo Company 27 Grant Ave. Lincoln Park Yonkers, N.Y." (in pencil) "Tenement rookeries Washington D.C. 1908" "2H2" "Rear View" "16553" "26" (applied label with typescript) "Tenements, Washington, D.C. Photographed in 1908 by Lewis Hine"

NOTES: Catalogued 2/90, DZ. Alternate title from --Blacks in America--.

SUBJECT: architecture, slums

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