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8:30 P.M. Group of newsboys selling at the depot, Hartford, Connecticut. Smallest boy 11 years old.

Lewis Hine, March 1909

8:30 P.M. Group of newsboys selling at the depot, Hartford, Connecticut. Smallest boy 11 years old. by Lewis Hine
8:30 P.M. Group of newsboys selling at the depot, Hartford, Connecticut. Smallest boy 11 years old. by Lewis Hine, 17 cm × 12 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

17 cm × 12 cm

About the size of your phone. You would need 10 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 12 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
12 cm
Width
17 cm
Medium
gelatin silver print
Kind
Photograph
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit
Gift of Fern M. Schad

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How big is it?
17 cm × 12 cm. About the size of your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made March 1909. It is in the public domain, and National Gallery of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by National Gallery of Art: Gift of Fern M. Schad.
How was it made?
Gelatin silver print.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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