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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.
When the whistle blows. Closing hour at the Danville (Va.) Cigarette Factory
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.

When the whistle blows. Closing hour at the Danville (Va.) Cigarette Factory

Artist Lewis Hine
CultureAmerican
DateJune 1911
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions4 1/2 × 4 7/8 in. (11.4 × 12.4 cm)
InscribedHine's negative number 2201 in pencil on the verso of the print.
PortfolioNational Child Labor Committee (U.S.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Richard and Alice Thall
Object number2021.60.10
Not on view
DescriptionThis print shows several young women walking on a sidwalk in front of a brick cigarette factory.
ProvenanceRobert Mann Gallery to Dr. Richard and Alice Thall to CMA