Lewis Hine and Social Change. Overview: Unlike an early 20th century looking glass with its wavy and often cloudy surface, Lewis Wikes Hine (1874-1940) reflected an ...

This site is a collection of child labor photographs by Lewis Hine and Joe Manning's research project to contact descendants and uncover information about the lives of ...

American photographer and sociologist Lewis Wickes Hine (1874 -1940) used his camera as a tool for social reform. His child labour pictures educated the public on the use ...

... Child Labor Committee advocated for drastic changes to protect minors, and when Hine’s ... Photography of Lewis Hine: Exposing Child Labor in North Carolina, 1908-1918

National Child Labor Committee Collection Photographs by Lewis Hine (Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress)

Whether it be a painting or photograph, the picture is a symbol that brings one immediately into close touch with reality. In fact, it is often more effective than the ...

The work Hine did for [child labor reform] was more responsible than all other efforts in bringing the need to public attention. The evils were intellectually but not ...

For Lewis Wicks Hine (1874-1940) the camera was both a research tool and an instrument of social reform. Born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Hine studied ...

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Sixty-nine extraordinary photographs of children at work from 1908-12, taken by Lewis W. Hine, the investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Beareau.