Washday at the Stooksberry homestead near Andersonville, Tennessee
Washday at the Stooksberry homestead near Andersonville, Tennessee

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Washday at the Stooksberry homestead near Andersonville, Tennessee,

1933

Lewis Wickes Hine, 1874–1940; born Oshkosh, WI; died Hastings-on-Hudson, NY; active New York City, NY
x1973-22

Information

Title
Washday at the Stooksberry homestead near Andersonville, Tennessee
Dates

1933

Maker
Lewis Wickes Hine
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 11.8 x 17 cm. (4 5/8 x 6 11/16 in.) sheet: 12.7 x 17.7 cm. (5 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Object Number
x1973-22
Place Made

United States, Tennessee, Andersonville, Stooksberry homestead

Inscription
Titled in ink, verso: Old plantation home in the south Numbered in ink, verso: 90 [encircled] Two numbers in graphite, verso: 249 and 1101
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp: Lewis W. Hine / Interpretive Photography / Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, gelatin silver prints
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
workers, trees, grass, plantations, figures (representations), houses, women

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