John Towers
Date1910
Artist
Lewis Hine
(American photographer, 1874–1940)
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 3 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. (9.5 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 1986
Object number1986-88
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextLewis Hine took up photography to advance social causes. His photographs of child laborers in factories and on city streets were produced for the National Child Labor Committee and were crucial in raising awareness of child labor in the United States. This photograph of John Towers, a fifteen-year-old messenger, was taken in Wilmington, Delaware.
