Interior of Tobacco Shed, Hawthorn Farm

PhotographerPhotographed by Lewis Hine American, 1874 - 1940

Date1917

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/2 x 6 1/4in. (11.4 x 15.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 x 7in. (12.7 x 17.8cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase.

DescriptionThree young girls stand at long wooden tables in the interior of a wooden shed. All three girls wear dresses and hair ribbons. The two girls in the foregrund wear black stockings. the legs of the third girl are not visible. Tobacco leaves lie in piles on the tables. Light shines through the slats in the shed.

Object number1992.58.1

InscribedOn verso, in black ink, "4407 / Stringing Tobacco / The 10 year old makes / $.50 per day."; in pencil, "HAZARDVILLE CT / 9 AUGUST 1917"; lower left, "Photo by Lewis Hine"; lower center, accession number

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