Who created "Boys in Packing Room, Brown Mfg. Company, Evansville, Ind."?

Boys in Packing Room, Brown Mfg. Company, Evansville, Ind. was created by Lewis Wickes Hine in October 1908.

What medium is "Boys in Packing Room, Brown Mfg. Company, Evansville, Ind."?

Boys in Packing Room, Brown Mfg. Company, Evansville, Ind. is Gelatin silver print.

Boys in Packing Room, Brown Mfg. Company, Evansville, Ind.

Q: When was "Boys in Packing Room, Brown Mfg. Company, Evansville, Ind." created?

This artwork was created October 1908.

Lewis Wickes Hine

October 1908

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image/paper: 11.8 × 17 cm (4 11/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Classification

gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr

Department

Photography and Media

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

47088

About the Artist

Lewis Wickes Hine · 1874–1940

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940) was born on September 26 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to Douglas and Sarah Hine, who ran a coffeehouse and restaurant on Main Street. After his father's accidental death from a self-inflicted gunshot wound around 1892, the teenage Hine supported his widowed mother and sisters through various jobs while pursuing education. He attended Oshkosh Normal School, where he met ment...

Boys in Packing Room, Brown Mfg. Company, Evansville, Ind.

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