Records of the Work Projects Administration. 1922 - 1944. Lewis Hine Photographs for the National Research Project. 1936 - 1937. Millville, New Jersey - Glass wool. Frederick and Dimmock. Drawing glass from a tube. Each of the protruded knobs in the front of the iron cross bars is a glass tube which

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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 wool. Frederick and Dimmock. Drawing glass from a tube. Each of the protruded knobs in the front of the iron cross bars is a glass tube which extends to the rear of the machine. The gas flames to the right center of the picture heat the glass tubes. The worker is taking a piece of the molten glass on a glass rod to draw it across the room to the wheel where it is spun. This particular machine moves back as the glass rod is used up.

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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...