Hine, Lewis Wickes,, 1874-1940,, photographer.
John Howell, an Indianapolis newsboy, makes $.75 some days. Begins at 6 a.m., Sundays. (Lives at 215 W. Michigan St.)
1908 August.
1 photographic print.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Street trades.
Hine no. 0118.
Another copy of this print, titled "Self-portrait with
newsboy," is at the Getty Museum, www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=68401
Photo shows a young newsboy standing at a busy street corner. The
shadow of the photographer and his camera are in the foreground.
Subjects:
Boys.
Newspaper vendors.
Hours of labor.
Wages.
Shadows.
Photographers.
Cameras.
United States--Indiana--Indianapolis.
Format: Photographic prints.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Part Of: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) 2004667950
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/nclc.03225
hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b01097
Call Number: LOT 7480, v. 1, no. 0118
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Michael Kenan 9 months ago | reply
The interest of this scene is so much more with the photographers shadow in cluded in the foreground. I'm sure he looked at the picture and thought "this would have been good if I watched my shadows!" Love this.
J Tys 9 months ago | reply
The shadow of the camera man makes this photo work for me .
The Library of Congress 9 months ago | reply
trialsanderrors: The George Eastman has a wonderful photo of Hine as a child in the Flickr Commons. -- Helena (LOC)
trialsanderrors 9 months ago | reply
Helena – Thank you! Wow, what a contrast to the pictures he took for the NCLC. Btw, there is also a link to a portrait of him as an adult in the first comment:
www.geh.org/fm/lwhprints/htmlsrc2/m197810590046_ful.html#...