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Jewish Grandmother, Ellis Island by Lewis Hine — VisualArtsDB

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Gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Jewish Grandmother, Ellis Island

Jewish Grandmother, Ellis Island

Jewish Grandmother, Ellis Island

1926

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 16.7 × 11.8 cm (6 5/8 × 4 11/16 in.); Paper: 17.7 × 12.6 cm (7 × 5 in.)
Genre: Gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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