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Eastern Pennsylvania Coal Miner by Lewis Wickes Hine — VisualArtsDB

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Gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Eastern Pennsylvania Coal Miner

Eastern Pennsylvania Coal Miner

Eastern Pennsylvania Coal Miner

Lewis Wickes Hine

1920

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 16.9 × 11.8 cm (6 11/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Paper: 17.8 × 12.7 cm (7 1/16 × 5 in.)
Genre: Gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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

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