Lewis W. Hine
Slovak Mother, Ellis Island

Slovak Mother, Ellis Island

Public Domain

ArtistAmerican, 1874–1940
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Slovak Mother, Ellis Island
  • from the series Ellis Island
Datec. 1905
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 9/16 × 4 11/16 in. (16.7 × 11.9 cm)
 Sheet: 7 × 4 15/16 in. (17.8 × 12.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern in honor of Isabell Smith Herzstein
Object number2000.805
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by Joan Morgenstern, Houston, February 12, 1990; given to MFAH, 2000.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top in ink " Slovak ", " 2023 "
in pencil " 29 "

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1920
Gelatin silver print
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December 1909
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c. 1917
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76.244
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Gelatin silver print
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Russian Steel Workers, Homestead, Pennsylvania.
1908, printed 1940s
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Six year old newsboy. Raymond Miller. San Antonio, Texas.
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.1
Preston DeCosta, fifteen year old messenger #3 for Bellevue Messenger Service. San Antonio, Texas.
Lewis W. Hine
Preston DeCosta, fifteen year old messenger #3 for Bellevue Messenger Service. San Antonio, Texas.
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.4
Sixteen year old messenger boy entering “crib” in Red Light District. San Antonio, Texas.
Lewis W. Hine
Sixteen year old messenger boy entering “crib” in Red Light District. San Antonio, Texas.
October 1913
Gelatin silver print
84.324.3