Lunch Hour...
Poster

Lewis W. Hine

Maker
American, 1874–1940

Ernst Halberstadt

American, b. Germany, 1910–1987

Lunch Hour...

ca. 1949
Photomechanical reproduction
27.8 x 71.2 cm.
Gift of the Photo League Lewis Hine Memorial Committee
Inscriptions recto-(printed) "Lunch Hour 1911 Yes, 1911-the dark ages for American
kids were not so long ago! Your American Labor unions led the way out
by eliminating child labor and the exploitation of the under-
privileged" "Support The Labor Movement and assure benefits for your-
self and future generations" "The Massachusetts United Labor Committee
Mass. AFL : CIO : ADA : Independent Unions" "'Noon Hour in the Coal
Breaker. Many of the Younger Boys are not in the Photograph.' Lewis
Hine Photographer 1911. Courtesy of the Russell Sage Foundation..."

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