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Lunchtime by Lewis Wickes Hine — VisualArtsDB

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Gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Lunchtime

Lunchtime

Lunchtime

Lewis Wickes Hine

1915

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 11.5 × 16 cm (4 9/16 × 6 5/16 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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