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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.
A 15-year-old girl ... bottling hair tonic
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.

A 15-year-old girl ... bottling hair tonic

Artist Lewis Hine
CultureAmerican
Datec. 1910
MediumGelatin silver print with outlining and inpainting on the print surface
Dimensions6 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (17.1 × 12.1 cm)
InscribedTitled in pencil by the artist on the verso of the print, "National Child Labor Committee Stamp 419 4th Avenue, New York City Return Postage Guaranteed" on the verso of the print. Hine's negative number 5207 in ink on the verso of the print. Additional unidentifiable notations on the verso of the print.
PortfolioNational Child Labor Committee (U.S.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Richard and Alice Thall and the Robert Mann Gallery
Object number2021.60.1
Not on view
DescriptionA girl stands on the left, filling two bottles with hair tonic. Several bottles sit to the right of the her.
ProvenanceRobert Man Gallery to Richard and Alice Thall to CMA.