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Old Fashioned Brakeman on Freight Train by Lewis Wickes Hine — VisualArtsDB

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Gelatin silver print
Old Fashioned Brakeman on Freight Train

Old Fashioned Brakeman on Freight Train

Old Fashioned Brakeman on Freight Train

Lewis Wickes Hine

1930–1931

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 24.2 × 19.2 cm (9 9/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Paper: 25.3 × 20.2 cm (10 × 8 in.)
Genre: Gelatin silver print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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