Who created "Climbing up the Beams on the Empire State-100 Stories Up"?

Climbing up the Beams on the Empire State-100 Stories Up was created by Lewis Wickes Hine in 1931.

What medium is "Climbing up the Beams on the Empire State-100 Stories Up"?

Climbing up the Beams on the Empire State-100 Stories Up is Gelatin silver print.

Climbing up the Beams on the Empire State-100 Stories Up

Lewis Wickes Hine

1931

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image/paper: 49.1 × 39.7 cm (19 3/8 × 15 11/16 in.)

Classification

gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr

Department

Photography and Media

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

69908

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...

Climbing up the Beams on the Empire State-100 Stories Up

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