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Identification and Creation

Object Number
3.2002.537
People
Lewis Wickes Hine, American (Oshkosh, Wisconsin 1874 - 1940 Hastings-on-Hudson, New York)
Title
Industrial Problems, Conditions: United States. Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Survey: The Pittsburgh Survey has been making a thorough study of the industrial accidents of one year in Allegheny County, with the purpose of throwing light on these two questions. (1) Can accidents be reduced? (2) Does the present hap-hazard way of dealing with injured workingman and his dependents meet the needs of the family. Does it satisfy the rights of the family? These findings were published in "Charities and the Commons" in March. A full report will be available later in volume form.
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Social Museum Collection
Classification
Archival Material
Work Type
poster
Date
1907-1908
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/158250

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White ink on brown paper
Dimensions
mount: 55.8 x 71 cm (21 15/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper left, in black crayon: 12-10
  • inscription: verso, upper left, in graphite: 128

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
3.2002.537
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • The Social Museum Collection

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