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[Five Western Union Messenger Boys]
Creator
Lewis W. HineAmerican Photographer · 1874–1940
All works by this person →Lewis Hine was trained to be an educator in Chicago and New York. A project photographing on Ellis Island with students from the Ethical Culture School in New York galvanized his recognition of the value of documentary photography in education. Soon after, he became a sociological photographer, establishing a studio in upstate New York in 1912. For nearly ten years Hine was the photographer for th
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- about 1910 ?
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 03060748-247e-41da-87da-7aa8185dbd99
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Six individuals wearing uniforms and caps pose together outdoors.
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