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Coal Miner by Lewis Wickes Hine — VisualArtsDB

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

Coal Miner

Coal Miner

Lewis Wickes Hine

1915–1925

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image/paper: 16.9 × 11.8 cm (6 11/16 × 4 11/16 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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