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Lewis Hine, Preus Museum

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940). From Preus Museum - national museum of photography in NorwayCreated by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 1905
Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits
Hine grew up in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. As a young man he had to care for himself, and working at a furniture factory gave him first-hand knowledge of industrial workers' harsh reality. Eight years later he matriculated at the University of Chicago and met Professor Frank A. Manny, whom he followed to New York to teach at the Ethical Culture School and continue his studies at New York University. As a faculty member at the Ethical Culture School Hine was introduced to photography. From 1904 until his death he documented a series of sites and conditions in the USA and Europe. In 1906 he became a photographer and field worker for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC). Undercover, disguised among other things as a Bible salesman or photographer for post-cards or industry, Hine went into American factories. His research methodology was based on photographic documentation and interviews. Together with the NCLC he worked to place the working conditions of two million American children onto the political agenda. The NCLC later said that Hine's photographs were decisive in the 1938 passage of federal law governing child labor in the United States. In 1918 Hine left the NCLC for the Red Cross and their work in Europe. After a short period as an employee he returned to the United States and began as an independent photographer. One of Hine's last major projects was the series Men at Work, published as a book in 1932. It is a homage to the worker that built the country, and it documents such things as the construction of the Empire State Building. In 1940 Hine died abruptly after several years of poor income and few commissions. Even though interest in his work was increasing, it was not until after his death that Hine was raised to the stature of one of the great photographers in the history of the medium.

Preus Museum is the national museum of photography in Norway. The museum’s collections consist of Norwegian and international photography, albums, and various additional forms of images, cameras, and other technical objects which illuminate the historical development of photography. The museum has three galleries, one presenting parts of the collection: “A history of photography”, and two dedicated to temporary exhibitions.
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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes .Selling on Main Street in the afternoon hours. The majority sell no later than 7 P.M..Buffalo, New York State 1910-1920. .NMFF.003537

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.Young girl working at a knittingmachine at Cherokee Hosiery Mill. Rome i Georgia, USA 1913..All these are workers in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill, Rome, Ga. Noon, Apr. 10, 1913. The youngest are... More

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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.Some of the young workers (not the youngest) in the Kosciusko Cotton Mills. Superintendent objected to me taking photographs. .Location: Kosciusko, Mississippi.NMFF.001725

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.Beaumont is overrun with little newsies. This boy, Vincent Serio, eight years old, is up at 5:00 A.M. daily. Have sold papers since I was four years old;..NMFF.003513

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.Slovak gra..h- Elis Is-1905.Slavic Mother & Child, Ellis Island (George Eastman House).Portrait of three women and a baby. Just arrived to Ellis Island along with hundreds of other immigrant... More

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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.[Cleo Campbell, 9 years old, picks 75 to 100 pounds of cotton a day. Expects to start school soon. Said: 'd ruther go to school and then I wouldn't have ter work. Father said she and her sis... More

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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.Portrait of a mother and child. Just arrived at Ellis Island along with hundreds of other immigrants that day. In search of a better life. USA 1905..This image, an iconic and evocative mother... More

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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine , Lewis Wickes.Workers on gloves, crowded into a small kitchen (photograph very inadequatly represents congestion) Dallavalla, 50 Mc Dougal St. New York City / Jan. 1912 / ......NMFF.003524

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.Tony Casale (Called Bologna), 11 years old been selling 4 years. Sells until 10 P.M. some times. Hos paper boss told me the boy had shown him the marks on his arm .. .NMFF.003512

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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.Force working in West Point Cotton Mills.NMFF.003479 Public domain photograph - immigration to the United States immigration, immigrants, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picry... More

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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes..Portrait of an Italian mother and child. Just arrived at Ellis Island along with hundreds of other immigrants that day. In search of a better life..USA 1905.."Lewis Hine, Passionate journey.... More

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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.Little spinner in Bibb Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. She was so small she had to climb up on to the spinning frame to mend broken threads. See also photo 488. Jan. 19, 1909. Location: Macon, Georgia.

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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes .Stilas med en arbeider. Oppføringen av Empire State Building, New York, USA. .NMFF.000835

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.Boy with coat in hand is 11 years old. Been there 9 months. Started at 50 cents a day. Now gets 60 cents. Loray Mill. When I sweeps double space I gets 90 cents a day, but it makes you work. ... More

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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.Flashlight photo of children on night shift going to work at 6. P.M. on a cold dark December night. They do not come out again until 6:00 A.M..Childworkers on their way to a night shift at Wh... More

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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes .This was the only small newsie I could find in the vicinity of Brooklyn Bridge after midnight. Said he stayed out until 3 o'clock. Moses Markowitz, 171 Allen St., 14 yrs. old..Brooklyn Bridg... More

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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.All these children five years, six years, seven years, nine years and two a little older, were picking cotton on H.M. Lane's farm Bells, Texas, USA 1913. Only one adult, an aunt was picking. ... More

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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.Boy at warping machine. Been there 2 years. Clyde Cotton Mill. Location: Newton, North Carolina, USA 1908..NMFF.003475

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.Two of the "helpers" in the Tifton Cotton Mill, Tifton, Ga. They work regularly. Location: Tifton, Georgia, USA 1909. .NMFF.001734

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from 10 to 20 pounds a day. Mother said: "Mart, he haint old nuff to go to school much, but he kin pick his 20 pounds a day. Mostly 10 or 15 pounds." See 4560..... More

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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes .The Davison family, 1312 Tampa Street. William is 14 years old. Been selling for 9 years. George 12 years. Peter 7 years..Tampa, Florida USA 1913. .NMFF.001739

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.Knitters in Loudon. Hosiery Mills, Loudon Tennessee, USA, December 1910..NMFF.003517

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine , Lewis Wickes.Night scene. 7:30 P.M. January 29, 1912. Making violets, and they often work later. Pollinni family, 5 Carmine St., N.Y. living in a reary [i.e., rear.] tenement. The six year old helps some... More

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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes .Boligkvarter ved Floyd Cotton Mill. Georgia, USA 1913. .NMFF.003471

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes .Newark i New Jersey. USA 1923..Of a family of 7 children, all but 2 work stringing tags. The oldest child is 12. The nurse of the school which these children attend, reports that they are co... More

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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes .Arbeidere portrettert under oppføringen av Empire State Building. New York. .NMFF.003710

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.Workers at the weavingmachines in The Flint Cotton Mill. Fall River, USA 1912..The Flint Cotton Mill, Spinning room..NMFF.003476

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes ."Family group, stinging with tags." Newark i New Jersey. USA 1923. .NMFF.003566

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.Ronald Webb, twelve year old doffer boy and Frank Robinson, seven year old who helps sweep and doff. Father is cardroom boss, Roanoke (Va.) Cotton Mills. Location: Roanoke, Virginia, USA, May 1911

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine , Lewis Wickes.Mrs. Lucy Libertine and family: Johnnie, 4 years old; Mary, 6 years; Millie, 9 [?] years, picking nuts in the basement tenement, 143 Hudson St. Mary was standing in the open mouth of the bag... More

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Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes .Oppføringen av Empire State Building.Bærebjelker og arbeidere. New York. .NMFF.003711

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes .Elvira Christofano, 110 Spruce [?] St., Providence, making chain-bags. Location: Providence, Rhode Island, USA, november 1912. .(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) .NMFF.003569

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Ellis Island Immigrant Portraits

Hine, Lewis Wickes.One of America´s youngest newsboys. 4 year old and regular seller..NMFF.003516