Worker in Cotton Mill, Rhode Island, 1909

Description:

A Lewis Hine silver print from about 1906–1918, this image of a young boy working at a loom in a cotton mill in Rhode Island is one in a series of photographs made by Hine for the National Child Labor Committee. The photographs document child labor throughout America in the early 20th century. As a "sociological photographer" and one of the earliest practitioners of what has come to be known as photojournalism, Hine used his photography to raise public consciousness about the inhumane and dangerous working conditions to which children were being exposed every day. His work was instrumental in bringing about child labor laws and raising safety standards in the American workplace, a social movement that would secure the promise of childhood for future generations.

Date Made: ca 1906-1918

Maker: Hine, Lewis

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Rhode Island

Subject: Children

Subject:

See more items in: Work and Industry: Photographic History, Government, Politics, and Reform, Industry & Manufacturing, Photography

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PG.72.78.10Accession Number: 302041Catalog Number: 72.78.10

Object Name: Photographphotograph

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 16.7 cm x 11.7 cm; 6 9/16 in x 4 5/8 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-13d1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1189016

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