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Lewis Wickes Hine

Royal Mill Workers, River Point, Rhode Island, 1909

Description

Maker

  • Lewis Wickes Hine, 1874-1940, American

Title

Royal Mill Workers, River Point, Rhode Island

Year

1909

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silver print,
  • silver gelatin print

Dimensions

11.8 x 17.7 cm (4 5/8 x 7 inches) (plate)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Photographs

Credit

Jesse Metcalf Fund

Object Number

2002.29.1

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Collective Recollection

July 27, 2018 - January 20, 2019

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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