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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1979.72
People
Lewis Wickes Hine, American (Oshkosh, Wisconsin 1874 - 1940 Hastings-on-Hudson, New York)
Title
Climbing into the Land of Promise, Ellis Island
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Climbing into America
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1908, printed later?
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/285281

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 20.3 x 12.5 cm (8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper left to upper right, graphite: Climbing into the Land of Promise
    Ellis Island 1908
  • stamp: verso, center, black ink: LEWIS W. HINE
    INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY
    HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK
  • inscription: verso, right center, graphite, in artist's hand: Hine
  • stamp: verso, lower center, blue ink: PHOTO LEAGUE
    30 EAST 29th ST., NEW YORK

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Naomi and Walter Rosenblum
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
P1979.72
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/02/2023 - 03/18/2024

Verification Level

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