Four year old cotton picker who picks fifteen pounds a day regularly and a seven year old who picks fifty pounds a day. McKinney [vicinity], Texas.
![Four year old cotton picker who picks fifteen pounds a day regularly and a seven year old who picks fifty pounds a day. McKinney [vicinity], Texas.](/internal/media/dispatcher/83379/preview)
Artist
Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874–1940)American, 1874–1940
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Four year old cotton picker who picks fifteen pounds a day regularly and a seven year old who picks fifty pounds a day. McKinney [vicinity], Texas.
- from the series Child Labor
DateOctober 1913
Place depictedTexas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 1/2 × 6 7/16 in. (11.4 × 16.3 cm)
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 7/16 in. (11.8 × 16.3 cm)
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 7/16 in. (11.8 × 16.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Murray H. Bring
Object number84.324.11
Non exposé
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PhotographyObject Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black crayon, verso, top left: 3627
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top right: 3627 N[sideways]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: 3627 [upside down]
Inscribed in black crayon, verso, bottom right: 3267 [upside down]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right corner: 3627 [upside down and partially cut-off]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top right: 3627 N[sideways]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: 3627 [upside down]
Inscribed in black crayon, verso, bottom right: 3267 [upside down]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right corner: 3627 [upside down and partially cut-off]
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Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.8
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Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.9
Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
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Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
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Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
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Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
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Lewis W. Hine
1909
Gelatin silver print
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Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
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Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
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Lewis W. Hine
November 1913
Gelatin silver print
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