Title
Sweepers and mule room boys in Royal Mill, River Point. R.I
1909
Artist
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Details
- Date
- 1909
- Media category
- Photograph
- Materials used
- gelatin silver photograph
- Dimensions
- 11.8 x 17.0 cm image/sheet
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the Sydney Camera Circle 1977
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 23.1983
- Artist information
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Lewis Wickes Hine
Works in the collection
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About
River Point, R.I. April 1909. Sweepers & mule room boys in Royal Hill, River Point, R.I. Boy on left hand end, Manuel Mites has been in mill 2 years. Clinton Silvey and Louis Perry (centre boys) have been in mill one year and said they are now 12 years old. Boy on right hand Manuel Silvey been in mill 1 year. (They could not speak English). (National Child Labor Committee caption card)
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Exhibition history
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Works from the Photography Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 10 Feb 1989–15 May 1989
International Photographs from the Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Jan 1991–14 Apr 1991
From the Street - Photographs From the Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Apr 1996–14 Jul 1996
American Beauty: from Muybridge to Goldin, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 05 Jun 2003–27 Jul 2003
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Judy Annear, American beauty: from Muybridge to Goldin, Sydney, 2003. no catalogue numbers
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Judy Annear, From the street: photographs from the collection, Sydney, 1996. no catalogue numbers
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