Museum purchase, 2001.53.5, Connecticut Historical Society, no known copyright

Favorable Working Conditions, Cheney Silk Mills

PhotographerPhotographed by Lewis Hine American, 1874 - 1940

Date1924

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 3/8 x 6 3/4in. (11.1 x 17.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 5/8 x 6 11/16in. (11.7 x 17cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund

DescriptionA boy wearing knickers and holding a broom stands in a mill interior. Lint is on his clothing and on the floor. Two girls stand behind a bank of machinery in the background. Spindles or spools of thread are on a rack overhead.

Object number2001.53.5

Inscribed"4999" written in pencil in Hine's hand on verso, upper left and lower right (upsidedown). In another hand, lower right: "pc [in circle] 520". Accession number in pencil, lower right. "Cheney Silk Mills" lower left.

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