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Breaker Boys Are No Longer Needed, This Is A Modern Breaker by Lewis Wickes Hine — VisualArtsDB

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Gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Breaker Boys Are No Longer Needed, This Is A Modern Breaker

Breaker Boys Are No Longer Needed, This Is A Modern Breaker

Breaker Boys Are No Longer Needed, This Is A Modern Breaker

Lewis Wickes Hine

1930

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 11.7 × 16.8 cm (4 5/8 × 6 5/8 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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