Lewis W. Hine
Italian Family Looking for Lost Baggage, Ellis Island

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Artist Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874–1940)American, 1874–1940

CultureAmerican

Titles

Italian Family Looking for Lost Baggage, Ellis Island
from the series Ellis Island

Date1905, printed 1939

PlaceNew York, New York, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Mount: 19 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (48.9 × 36.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Anne Wilkes Tucker in memory of Joe Mundy

Object number2002.144

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceAnne Wilkes Tucker, Houston; given to MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked in pencil on verso mount upper left: "Photo Lewis Hine / Hastings on Hudson, NY"
Marked in pencil on verso mount center: "Immigant (sic) family / in the baggage room / of Ellis Island 1905 / Italian"
Marked in pencil on verso mount, lower right: "CK 638 / Ce / 150"
upper right corner " 339 "

Exhibition label on verso mount, left of center: "One of 530 Prints Exhibited at the / 6th INTERNATIONAL SALON / OF PHOTOGRAPHY / P.P.A. / NEW YORK / 1939 / For the duration of / THE WORLD'S FAIR / by the Pictorial Photographers of America / from / May 1st to October 31st / at the / American Museum of Natural History"

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