West Virginia Coal Mine

Creator Name

Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940;
Lewis Wickes Hine

Cultural Context

Date

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

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Title

West Virginia Coal Mine

Creator

Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940;
Lewis Wickes Hine

Worktype

Photograph; gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr; photographic process; photography; photograph

Cultural Context

Material

Gelatin silver print; photographic paper

Dimensions

Image/paper: 11.9 × 16.8 cm (4 11/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

Technique

black-and-white photography; photographic processes; photographic techniques; photography

Language

Date

Made: 1917

Provenance

Gift of David Vestal

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Inscribed recto, on image, right center, in graphite: "1917"; inscribed verso, right center, sideways, in graphite: "N 1917 / (Photo / 1911) / W. Va coal-Hine"; verso, lower right, upside-down, in graphite: "1917"

Location

United States

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Subjects

Collected by Hugh Edwards; documentary

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