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High on the Empire State Building, N.Y. by Lewis Wickes Hine — VisualArtsDB

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High on the Empire State Building, N.Y.

High on the Empire State Building, N.Y.

High on the Empire State Building, N.Y.

Lewis Wickes Hine

1930

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 24.2 × 19.2 cm (9 9/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Paper: 25.3 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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