Lewis Hine
American sociologist and photographer (1874-1940) · United States · Artists · Died at 66
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Something wrong?Lewis Wickes Hine was an American sociologist and muckraker photographer. His photographs taken during times such as the Progressive Era and the Great Depression captured young children working in harsh conditions, playing a role in bringing about the passage of the first child labor laws in the United States.
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Brooklyn Museum - Climbing into the Promised Land Ellis Island
Child laborers in glasswork. Indiana, 1908
Little Lottie, a regular oyster shucker in Alabama Canning Co. (Bayou La Batre, Alabama, 1911)
Soldier Thrown in Air, 1917, National Gallery of Art
"Power house mechanic working on steam pump" (1920)
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1874 to 1940 · aged 66
Artists from the United States 6
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