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Identification and Creation

Object Number
3.2002.524
People
Lewis Wickes Hine, American (Oshkosh, Wisconsin 1874 - 1940 Hastings-on-Hudson, New York)
Title
Housing, Conditions: United States. Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Survey: Homestead. Has no Ordinance prohibiting privy vaults; No Ordinance requiring an adequate Water Supply. In 21 courts the Pittsburgh Survey found 26 Privy Vaults with 144 Compartments the Sole toilet accommodations for 1308 people. Only 3 tenements with running water in them. An average of 50 people to each yard hydrant or pump.
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/158294

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White ink on brown paper
Dimensions
image: 36 x 43.2 cm (14 3/16 x 17 in.)
mount: 56 x 71 cm (22 1/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, left bottom corner, black crayon: 13-11

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
3.2002.524
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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