8:30 P.M. Group of newsboys selling at the depot, Hartford, Connecticut. Smallest boy 11 years old.

March 1909

Lewis Hine

Associated Names
Lewis Wickes Hine

Artist, American, 1874 - 1940

The image depicts six young boys standing in front of a building. Most of the boys wear newsboy caps and hold stacks of newspapers. They are dressed in coats, long pants, and boots. The background shows a stone wall with windows and a sign that reads "Spitting on the floor forbidden by order of the Board of Health."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Fern M. Schad

  • Dimensions

    image: 11.8 × 16.8 cm (4 5/8 × 6 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 11.8 × 17.6 cm (4 5/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.206.13

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Fern Schad, New York; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, center right in graphite perpendicular: 611; bottom right: 119

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