Lewis Wickes Hine

Royal Mill Workers, River Point, Rhode Island

Maker

Lewis Wickes Hine (American, 1874-1940)

Title

Royal Mill Workers, River Point, Rhode Island

Year

1909

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silver print

Dimensions

11.8 x 17.7 cm (4 5/8 x 6 15/16 inches) (plate)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Jesse Metcalf Fund

Object Number

2002.29.1

Type

Exhibition History

Collective Recollection
Jul 27, 2018 – Jan 20, 2019

Label copy

In the early 1900s, Lewis Hine documented a number of child laborers, including those working as spinners and doffers at one of Rhode Island’s largest mills, located in West Warwick. A photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC), Hine helped raise awareness of the plight of child workers, which eventually led to the first child-labor laws.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Lewis Wickes Hine (American, 1874-1940)
Royal Mill Workers, River Point, Rhode Island, 1909
Gelatin silver print
11.8 x 17.7 cm (4 5/8 x 6 15/16 inches) (plate)
Jesse Metcalf Fund 2002.29.1

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