Wagon boy or "tail boy" helping to load the wagon

c. 1914

Lewis Wickes Hine

Artist, American, American, 1874 - 1940

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Fern M. Schad

  • Dimensions

    image: 12 × 17.1 cm (4 3/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 12.8 × 17.8 cm (5 1/16 × 7 in.)

  • Accession

    2013.143.4


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Fern M. Schad, New York; gift to NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in black ink: H3471; upper right in graphite: H.3471/351; by unknown hand (the artist?), center to center right in black ink: Wagon boy or "tail / boy" helping to / load the wagon.; center to lower right, stamped in black: This photograph is loaned by the / NATIONAL CHILD LABOR COMMITTEE, / with the distinct understanding that / credit will be given to the Committee in / publication.; by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: RWFA2236

Wikidata ID

Q64157446


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