Topping
Artist
Lewis Hine
CultureAmerican
Date1915
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions4 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. (11.4 × 15.9 cm)
Inscribed
"Topping." This shows the beginning and the finish of the topping stroke. - the girl, #1, - the boy, #2. Reiber family, two adults & two children work, two babies at home in the shack. Father expects to clear $350. Began in May. Will finish in mid Nov., "Then we'll go off on a ranch and the children can go to school." Farm near Sterling, Oct. 23/15. Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado.
PortfolioNational Child Labor Committee (U.S.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Richard and Alice Thall
Object number2021.60.5
Not on view
DescriptionTaken on a farm near Sterling, Colorado on Octover 23, 1915, this print depicts two adults and two children working in a field.
