Records of the Work Projects Administration. 1922 - 1944. Lewis Hine Photographs for the National Research Project. 1936 - 1937. Millville, New Jersey - Glass bottles. T.C. Wheaton Co. The flint glass shop showing a blower rotating a bottle as he blows it in an iron mould. A mould boy is sitting on

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Records of the Work Projects Administration. 1922 - 1944. Lewis Hine Photographs for the National Research Project. 1936 - 1937. Millville, New Jersey - Glass bottles. T.C. Wheaton Co. The flint glass shop showing a blower rotating a bottle as he blows it in an iron mould. A mould boy is sitting on the floor. The blower takes the glass from the oven, puts in a mould and as he blows he slowly works it around in his hand. When the shutting mould boy opens the mould a second boy carries it away to be annealed.

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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940

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Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940), an American photographer, began his career as a teacher at the Ethical Culture School in New York City. He first used a camera to record activities at the school. Subsequently he photographed immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the shocking condition of child laborers throughout the U.S., the activities of the American Red Cross in World War I, and workers in various industries. He was commissioned to create photo-essays for industry and periodicals. His early pho...