Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Young Spinner in a Carolina Cotton Mill

Artist Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874-1940)

CultureAmerican

Date1908

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 5 × 7 in. (12.7 × 17.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

InscribedSignature on reverse of print.

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number79.155

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DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print photograph depicting a young woman working in a cotton mill.

Label TextLewis W. Hine American, 1874–1940 Young Spinner in a Carolina Cotton Mill, 1908 Gelatin silver print (photograph) Museum purchase 79.155 ProvenanceLewis W. Hine Memorial Collection Exhibition History"Photography for the Young Collector," The Chrysler Museum, May 1979. "The Portrait in America," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Jan. 26 - April 8, 1990. "Images of Childhood," The Chrysler Museum, July 29-September 16, 1990. "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014.Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson. _The Portrait in America_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1990: p. 8. Christie's, _Photographs_ sale no. CELLO-9330 (New York: Christie's), 04/05/2000: p. 88., no. 175.