Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006302A View Of Workers In Ewen Breaker Of Pennsylvania Coal Company
Inscriptions
Unmarked recto; stamped verso, right center, sideways, in blue ink: "LEWIS W. HINE / INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK"; printed on paper affixed to verso, right center, sideways, in black ink: "1938 - South Pittson, Pa. Jan. 1911 / A view of workers in Ewen Breaker of Pa. Coal Co.. / Dust so thick that it obscured the view much of the time. / The boys bend over the constant streams of broken coal, / picking out slate. A boss, who is a kind of slave driver, / stands over them, prodding or kicking the boys into / obedience."; inscribed verso, lower left, sideways, in graphite: "14"
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Lewis Wickes Hine / American, 1874–1940
- Date
- 1911
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 19.3 × 24.2 cm (7 5/8 × 9 9/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 × 25.3 cm (8 × 10 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
- Place
- United States
- Department
- Photography and Media
- Credit line
- Gift of David Vestal
- Accession no.
- 1965.344
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