1st Edition

Lewis Hine Photographer of Americans at Work

By Richard Worth Copyright 2009
80 Pages
by Routledge

80 Pages
by Routledge

80 Pages
by Routledge

Lewis Wickes Hines documentary photography helped promote the cause of the National Child Labor Committee, which published there declaration in 1913. This text is a collection of photographs showing children at work from 1910 to 1935 as Hines travelled across America.

Declaration of Independence Map CHAPTER ONE The Great Social Peril CHAPTER TWO Becoming a Photographer CHAPTER THREE Hine at Ellis Island CHAPTER FOUR The Tragedy of Child Labor CHAPTER FIVE Hine and World War I CHAPTER SIX Men at Work CHAPTER SEVEN The Great Depression

Biography

Richard Worth, a Connecticut-based writer, is the author of more than fifty books for young adults. They include biographies, histories and books on current events and on family living.