Artist
Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874–1940)American, 1874–1940
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Newsies, Newark, New Jersey
DateDecember 1909
(not assigned)Newark, New Jersey, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 5/8 × 6 1/8 in. (11.7 × 15.6 cm)
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 1/8 in. (11.7 × 15.6 cm)
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 1/8 in. (11.7 × 15.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern in honor of Isabell Smith Herzstein
Object number2000.804
Not on view
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Provenance[Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco]; purchased by Joan Morgenstern, Houston, October 27, 1998; given to MFAH, 2000.
Exhibition History“History of Photography I: Selections from the Museum's Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 1, 2014–February 22, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil on verso upper left: "034"
Typed label that has been removed and mounted to backboard: "1034 Newark, N.J. Dec. 1909/Joseph and Rosy, 10 and 8 yrs. old./he sells until evening. She is one of 5 or 6 girls who sell (afternoons) in Newark."
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