Slovak Mother, Ellis Island

Slovak Mother, Ellis Island

Photograph

Lewis W. Hine

Maker
American, 1874–1940

Slovak Mother, Ellis Island

1905
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 9/16 × 4 9/16 in. (16.6 × 11.6 cm)
Matted: 14 1/2 × 11 7/8 in. (36.8 × 30.1 cm)
Gift of the Photo League Lewis Hine Memorial Committee
1977.0177.0101
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso, OA: 1452/14 [strikethrough] \ 2E \ 19 [circled, strikethrough] Return to: \ [red stamp] GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE, INC. \ 900 EAST AVENUE \ ROCHESTER 7, NEW YORK \ 21 [circled] \ 203
Stamped in black on verso, TC: LEWIS W. HINE \ INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY \ HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK
Inscribed in red pencil on verso, TRC: 3
Stamped in black on verso, BC: IN ORDERING USE THIS NUMBER \ 1452 [in red ink] \ HINE PHOTO COMPANY \ 27 GRANT AVE. LINCOLN PARK \ YONKERS, N.Y. \ Set No. 14 [in red ink]
Stamped in black on verso, BC: LEWIS W. HINE \ INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY \ HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK
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