A black and white photograph of women working, mounted on board with white painted lettering.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The black and white photograph shows six rows of women seated back to back at workstations in a large room with a beamed ceiling and wooden ceiling supports. The women are stripping tobacco leaves. There are two windows visible the upper right corner, three hanging light fixtures are widely spaced. The caption reads: Bad light and piece work.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
3.2002.332
People
Lewis Wickes Hine, American (Oshkosh, Wisconsin 1874 - 1940 Hastings-on-Hudson, New York)
Title
Industrial Problems, Conditions: United States. Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Survey: Bad light and piece work.
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Social Museum Collection
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
display board
Date
1907-1908
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/158961

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print mounted to board, white gouache
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 32.5 x 44.5 cm (12 13/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
mount: 56 x 71 cm (22 1/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, in black crayon: 8-15

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Social Museum Collection
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
3.2002.332
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Judy Murray and Ray Williams, Engaging New Americans, Preparing for US Citizenship with the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2012), p. 58
  • Deborah Martin Kao and Michelle Lamuniere, Instituting Reform, The Social Museum of Harvard University 1903-1931, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2012), p. 181, fig. 4.22

Exhibition History

  • Classified Documents: The Social Museum of Harvard University, 1903-1931, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/20/2007 - 06/10/2007
  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/19/2017 - 04/05/2018

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Social Museum Collection

Verification Level

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