
Lewis W. Hine
American Photographer · 1874–1940
97 works on LinkedCulture
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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A Group of Young Fellows Working in a Cannery in Indianapolis, Indiana
Getty Museum · August 1908
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A Midnight Crap Game.
Getty Museum · 1910
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A Rear Tenement Bedroom, NY East Side
Getty Museum · negative 1910; print 1920s–1930s
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A Rear Tenement Bedroom, NY East Side
Getty Museum · negative 1910; print 1920s–1930s
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![[Berry Pickers' Housing Conditions, Baltimore, Maryland]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F0e45d0cd-4760-41e3-bf7d-b9f36c778994%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Berry Pickers' Housing Conditions, Baltimore, Maryland]
Getty Museum · 1909
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![[Black Steel Worker] Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, Pennsylvania](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F8f3453dd-89e9-4e23-b46f-d68da102960a%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Black Steel Worker] Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, Pennsylvania
Getty Museum · 1937
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![[Bowery Bread Line]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Ff8b50ec0-bc26-42dd-bdda-d1a63f44e4f6%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Bowery Bread Line]
Getty Museum · negative 1906; print 1920s–1930s
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![[Bowling Academy]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fcce96740-a215-48a4-89fa-e2d1876b6839%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Bowling Academy]
Getty Museum · 1909
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Candy Maker, N.Y. City
Getty Museum · about 1920
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![[Coal Miner Workers, Pennsylvania]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F0ed5257c-c1d5-486b-be46-7e5931ab8de8%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Coal Miner Workers, Pennsylvania]
Getty Museum · 1911
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Connecticut Newsgirls (Hartford?)
Getty Museum · about 1912–1913
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Cotton Mill Worker
Getty Museum · about 1908
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Cotton-Mill Worker, North Carolina
Getty Museum · 1908
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![[Cotton Mill Workers, South Carolina]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F8304262c-67b2-4b6c-92e9-ef5bd5a1cb28%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Cotton Mill Workers, South Carolina]
Getty Museum · 1908
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![[Couple Rolling Cigarettes in Tenement Home, N.Y.]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F18363fba-d849-4f6d-8846-9e56052881a8%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Couple Rolling Cigarettes in Tenement Home, N.Y.]
Getty Museum · about 1910
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Cranberry Picker, New Jersey
Getty Museum · 1913
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![[Crowd of Newsies, Including One Girl]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F0fa7c944-4045-4ad2-961d-fd631b46b551%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Crowd of Newsies, Including One Girl]
Getty Museum · 1910
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![[Doffer Boys, Macon, Georgia]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F6086a916-2072-4d70-a459-771fd13e2b41%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Doffer Boys, Macon, Georgia]
Getty Museum · January 1909
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![[Edward St. Germain and Sister, Delia, Phoenix, R.I.]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F82e83023-add4-4789-84ba-d05f32486b55%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Edward St. Germain and Sister, Delia, Phoenix, R.I.]
Getty Museum · April 8, 1909
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Eight Year Old Jack Driving a Horse Rake
Getty Museum · n.d.
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![[Eleven Year Old Peanut Vendor, Delaware]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F2972db74-6b80-4c05-a81d-7019b3850b14%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Eleven Year Old Peanut Vendor, Delaware]
Getty Museum · August 6, 1911
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![[Empire State Building (McClain Brothers)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Feb06199c-cccf-4493-959e-54e49eb1dd61%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Empire State Building (McClain Brothers)]
Getty Museum · 1931
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Empire State Building, New York
Getty Museum · 1931
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Engineer in Power-House. A DESIGN.
Getty Museum · about 1920s ?
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Factory Worker
Getty Museum · 1931
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![[Farm Scene, Massachusetts]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F5e117440-d3c9-4fe6-a48b-725b75e36dda%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Farm Scene, Massachusetts]
Getty Museum · 1915
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![[Five Western Union Messenger Boys]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F89ef867f-1686-4d87-8753-ed898a56dac7%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Five Western Union Messenger Boys]
Getty Museum · about 1910 ?
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![[Four Newsies at an Entrance to the Subway, New York City]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F9d5f8607-d006-40e0-bf39-33dce0ada07f%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Four Newsies at an Entrance to the Subway, New York City]
Getty Museum · July 1910
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![[Fourteen year old spinner, Brazos Valley Cotton Mill, West Texas]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fff9d621f-e44d-4e8a-b46f-52ac722ab8d3%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Fourteen year old spinner, Brazos Valley Cotton Mill, West Texas]
Getty Museum · November 1913
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![[Four Workers, Glass Factory, West Virginia]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F4a65d9dd-47b2-455c-8b7b-98b500148e65%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Four Workers, Glass Factory, West Virginia]
Getty Museum · 1908
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![Four Young Boys with Foreman, Loray Mill, Gastonia, North Carolina]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F7037b06c-d4d9-4926-81f6-3372c4f44da6%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Four Young Boys with Foreman, Loray Mill, Gastonia, North Carolina]
Getty Museum · November 1908
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Freight Brakeman, New York Central Lines
Getty Museum · 1921
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![[Furniture Factory Worker or Printer?]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F8fcdd0d3-140d-4689-95bc-d7f7f966c2bd%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Furniture Factory Worker or Printer?]
Getty Museum · about 1930s ?
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![[Gizzi Family, New York City, Making Roses]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F74bbeebf-f670-4656-be34-d24af9b64537%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Gizzi Family, New York City, Making Roses]
Getty Museum · January, 1930
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![[Gracie Clark, Spinner, With Her Family, Hunstville, Alabama]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F67978320-b5e6-403a-aa17-46a050126754%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Gracie Clark, Spinner, With Her Family, Hunstville, Alabama]
Getty Museum · November 13, 1913
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![[Gracie Clark, Spinner, with Her Family, Huntsville, Alabama]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fc2084167-a6a1-42f2-8ba6-ab7f9b9f9349%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Gracie Clark, Spinner, with Her Family, Huntsville, Alabama]
Getty Museum · negative November 1913; print 1930s
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![[Group of boys who work at the Brown Shoe Factory, Moberly, Missouri]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F25038516-cb5c-475a-8b1a-a8e085465a3c%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Group of boys who work at the Brown Shoe Factory, Moberly, Missouri]
Getty Museum · October 1910
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![[Group of Male Cotton Workers]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F093fa2af-bb7a-4971-82c2-c99ecf12ee98%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Group of Male Cotton Workers]
Getty Museum · 1911
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[Group of men and boys gathered outside]
Getty Museum · about 1910
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![[Group of Oyster Shuckers, Biloxi, Mississippi]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fe86c1b80-91f0-4931-8ca1-b7e12585815e%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Group of Oyster Shuckers, Biloxi, Mississippi]
Getty Museum · about 1911
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Heart of the Turbine
Getty Museum · 1930
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![[Herbert, a Doffer, and Walter, a Spinner, Cotton Mill, Magnolia, Mississippi]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F932b0a2b-91b3-41de-9a8e-b6f9a4d20185%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Herbert, a Doffer, and Walter, a Spinner, Cotton Mill, Magnolia, Mississippi]
Getty Museum · 1910
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Home Workers - Cracking Nuts, New York City
Getty Museum · 1911
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Home Work, Plate, New York
Getty Museum · 1911
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![[Home Work (Woman at Sewing Machine)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F87411ede-30d0-41f3-a40a-25dd250dc0a7%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Home Work (Woman at Sewing Machine)]
Getty Museum · about 1910–1915
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In an Old-Fashioned Textile Mill (Spinner).
Getty Museum · 1912
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Interior of Berry Pickers' Shack, Maryland
Getty Museum · 1913
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Jo Bodeon, a "back-roper" in mule room. Chase Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vermont
Getty Museum · May 7, 1909
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![[John Madison and Floyd Root, Eurika Cotton Mills, Chester, South Carolina]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F46a2fe98-cddf-4976-9861-a8d860ad2b70%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[John Madison and Floyd Root, Eurika Cotton Mills, Chester, South Carolina]
Getty Museum · November 1908
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![[Lacemakers (2 Women, 2 children), New York City]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F5cf1be7d-628a-463a-954c-ccdc06108125%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Lacemakers (2 Women, 2 children), New York City]
Getty Museum · December 1911
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![[Machinist]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F692e7c52-c958-499e-b795-ee27f249b8fd%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Machinist]
Getty Museum · about 1930s ?
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![[Man with Girl at Spinning Machine, South Carolina Cotton Mill]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F4e926f90-1fa2-4449-ba15-14c2d9f27c2c%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Man with Girl at Spinning Machine, South Carolina Cotton Mill]
Getty Museum · 1908
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Man with Micrometer Measuring a Shaft to a Thousandth of an Inch.
Getty Museum · about 1920s
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Mechanic and Steam Pump
Getty Museum · 1921
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![[Messenger Boy for Mackay Telegraph Company, Waco, Texas]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fbec00a41-8355-4610-82a8-695c8e7f0453%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Messenger Boy for Mackay Telegraph Company, Waco, Texas]
Getty Museum · September 1913
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![[Mill Workers, New Hampshire]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F092706bb-92e8-4fd3-a276-0acfdbbe0c4a%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Mill Workers, New Hampshire]
Getty Museum · 1909
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![[Mill Workers Outside Mill, Massachusetts]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F70c9d7cc-169e-40e9-998e-79e4673b389d%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Mill Workers Outside Mill, Massachusetts]
Getty Museum · 1911
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![[Morris Small and John Lewis, Chester, South Carolina]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fad9e0f39-9da2-475a-99aa-2f627e37da22%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Morris Small and John Lewis, Chester, South Carolina]
Getty Museum · November 1908
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![[Moulder's Helper, Baldwin Locomotive Plant]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fcd00e023-a7df-4835-95d1-e4d581d6d697%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Moulder's Helper, Baldwin Locomotive Plant]
Getty Museum · 1937
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![[Mr. Smith, Overseer at Wylie Mill, With four children, Chester, South Carolina]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F1eb8de21-9f55-48d3-8458-0f3aa1eef794%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Mr. Smith, Overseer at Wylie Mill, With four children, Chester, South Carolina]
Getty Museum · November 1908
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