Artist
Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874–1940)American, 1874–1940
CultureAmerican
Titles
- San Antonio Messenger Boys for Red Light District, San Antonio, Texas.
DateOctober 1913
Place depictedSan Antonio, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 3/8 × 6 7/16 in. (11.1 × 16.4 cm)
Sheet: 4 3/8 × 6 7/16 in. (11.1 × 16.4 cm)
Sheet: 4 3/8 × 6 7/16 in. (11.1 × 16.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number76.275
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures",
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston December 3 - February 25, 2007
Austin Museum of Art May 19 - August 12, 2007
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi June 5 - August 24, 2008
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
top center on image in pencil " 3562 "
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Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.3
Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.4
Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.1
Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.5
Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.2
![Two families working together on Kimball farm, near Waxahachie. The four year old picks nine pounds a day regularly and the eleven year old picks three hundred pounds a day. Waxahachie [vicinity]. Texas.](/internal/media/dispatcher/83374/thumbnail)
Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.8
Lewis W. Hine
November 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.7
Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.10
![Four year old cotton picker. Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.](/internal/media/dispatcher/83375/thumbnail)
Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.9
![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/thumbnail)
Lewis W. Hine
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.11
Lewis W. Hine
1908–1909, printed 1930s (probably)
Gelatin silver print
91.708
