Young Pickers in Field, American Sumatra Tobacco Co., Weatogue, Conn.
PhotographerPhotographed by
Lewis Hine
American, 1874 - 1940
Date7 August 1917
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 5 x 7in. (12.7 x 17.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionA group of boys and young men stand in front of a tobacco field. Some boys wear overalls. Some wear knickers. Some hold caps or hats. One boy holds a straw hat. Some boys are barefoot. Tobacco netting supported on poles and tobaco plants are in the background. Grass is in the foreground.
Object number2001.53.1
InscribedIn pencil on verso in Hine's hand: "Young pickers in / tobacco field / 34 Boys 9 to 15 years of age." In pencil, lengthwise, upper right: "4898". In black ink, upper left: "4898". In pencil, lower right, in a different hand, "pc [in circle] 897". Accession number inscribed in pencil, lower right.On View
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