Background Essay on Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine
This short essay describes Jacob Riis and Lewis Hines, two important documentary photographers of the turn of the twentieth century.
Item Type: Article/Essay
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)
The National Child Labor Committee Seeks Members
The National Child Labor Committee was organized in 1904 by reformers concerned about the safety, health, and education of working children. It campaigned for state and federal laws that would ban child labor and require public education. Among its [...]
Item Type: Poster/Print
Historical Era: Modern America (1914-1929)
"Tenement, New York City, 1910"
This photograph by Lewis Hine was taken in a New York City tenement in 1910. Hine was a documentary photographer who frequently turned his lens to the plight of immigrants, workers, and the poor. This family group, perhaps among the approximately [...]
Item Type: Photograph
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)