Lewis W. Hine
Russian Steel Workers, Homestead, Pennsylvania.

ArtistAmerican, 1874–1940
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Russian Steel Workers, Homestead, Pennsylvania.
  • from the series Pittsburgh Study
Date1908, printed 1940s
Place depictedHomestead, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (11.4 × 16.5 cm)
Sheet: 4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (11.4 × 16.5 cm)
Mount: 12 × 10 in. (30.5 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anne Wilkes Tucker
Object number2012.516.2
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 7-8, 1985, lot 526]; purchased by Anne Wilkes Tucker, Houston, 1985; given to MFAH, 2012.
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