Spinner in a A.C. Mill, #346

1908

American, 1874-1940

Lewis 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."

Gelatin silver print

5 x 6 15/16 in. (12.7 x 17.6 cm)

Gift of Chuck Kuhn

87.80

Not currently on view

Resources

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

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