- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 55.1994
- People
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Lewis Wickes Hine, American (Oshkosh, Wisconsin 1874 - 1940 Hastings-on-Hudson, New York)
- Title
- Slovak Group, Ellis Island
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Slavic mother and child, Ellis Island, New York
- Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- photograph
- Date
- 1905
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, New York City
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/286128
- Physical Descriptions
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- Technique
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- image: 24 x 19 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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stamp: verso, ink: LEWIS W. HINE
INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY
HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON
NEW YORK - inscription: verso, upper center, black ink, typed: Slovak group- Ellis Island- 1905
- inscription: verso, center, graphite: DALLAS 7 OF 10
- inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 31 [circled]
- inscription: verso, lower left, blue ink: 40 [circled] 9x7
- inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: CPA [circled]
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inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: PJ00a116
664
P75.5.2.141
GEH NEG3358 - collector's mark: verso, lower right, graphite and black ink
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stamp: verso, ink: LEWIS W. HINE
- Provenance
- Anonymous Owner, Arlington, MA, purchased at a Christie's auction, 1989.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan
- Object Number
- 55.1994
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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- Publication History
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Judy Murray and Ray Williams, Engaging New Americans, Preparing for US Citizenship with the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2012), p. 54
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