Knitter in Hoisery Mill, Alabama

Date1914

Maker Lewis Hine American, 1874-1940

Label TextLewis Hine took photographs to promote social reform. On behalf of the National Child Labor Committee, he set out to document conditions for young children working in various agricultural and industrial operations. To gain entry into these mills, he invented guises and posed as a fire inspector, post card vendor, Bible salesman, and impoverished schoolteacher. In his photographs, children tend to look out from their surroundings with tough expressions, steeling themselves against what Hine called "the vicious circle of poverty that awaits them."

Object number87.71

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Order and Border", February 26, 2010 - August 28, 2011

Credit LineGift of Chuck Kuhn

Dimensions4 5/8 x 6 5/8 in. (11.8 x 16.8 cm)

MediumGelatin silver print