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Untitled (Coal cars in mine) by Lewis Wickes Hine — VisualArtsDB

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Gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Untitled (Coal cars in mine)

Untitled (Coal cars in mine)

Untitled (Coal cars in mine)

Lewis Wickes Hine

1908

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image/paper: 12.6 × 17.7 cm (5 × 7 in.)
Genre: Gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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documentaryphotographic techniquesphotographyphotographic processesblack-and-white photographygelatin silver (developing-out-paper) prphotographphotographic processphotographic paperCollected by Hugh Edwards

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