Lena Lochiavo - 11 years old, basket (and pretzel) seller, at Sixth Street Market in front of saloon entrance, Cincinnati, Ohio

August 1908

Lewis Hine

Associated Names
Lewis Wickes Hine

Artist, American, 1874 - 1940

The image shows a young girl seated beside a stack of baskets filled with pretzels. She is sitting on the sidewalk next to a large wooden post. The girl has dark hair, is wearing a dark-colored dress, and has a solemn expression on her face. Around her, several baskets and wooden crates are stacked. In the background, there is a small market stall where two men are standing, with one man blurred due to motion. The stall has large blocks or loaves on the table. The setting appears to be an urban area with multi-story buildings visible in the background, and the ground is paved with stone tiles.

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Provenance

Lewis Hine, New York; National Child Labor Committee, New York; Lunn Gallery/Graphics International Ltd., Washington, DC; Donna Barnard Ari, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2011; acquired by NGA, 2015.

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Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: 46; top right corner perpendicular in graphite: 46

Wikidata ID

Q64157448

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