Slovak Mother, Ellis Island, New York

Lewis Hine, 1900

MEDIUMLantern slide

DIMENSIONS3 1/4 × 4 in. (8.3 × 10.2 cm)

LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Lewis Hine

Lewis Hine's powerful photographs of child laborers and immigrants exposed harsh realities, igniting social reform in early 20th-century America.