First Work in America, Italian Immigrant Carries Garments To The Tenement Home
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 24.2 × 19.2 cm (9 9/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)
Classification
gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
23341
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...