Records of the Work Projects Administration. 1922 - 1944. Lewis Hine Photographs for the National Research Project. 1936 - 1937. New York, New York - Longshoremen. A tractor crane is loading bales of scrap paper from warehouse of the Bush Terminal Company, Brooklyn, N.Y., waterfront - onto a truck t

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Records of the Work Projects Administration. 1922 - 1944. Lewis Hine Photographs for the National Research Project. 1936 - 1937. New York, New York - Longshoremen. A tractor crane is loading bales of scrap paper from warehouse of the Bush Terminal Company, Brooklyn, N.Y., waterfront - onto a truck to go onto a steamer bound, quot;they saidquot;, for London, England, and to be used for making pressed car-wheels. The two bales in the pressed car-wheels. The two bales in the sling weighed, on average 2,200 punds.

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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...