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Lewis Hine in Hastings-on-Hudson
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1.Lewis W. Hine
1911, January
Breaker boys working in Ewen Breaker of Pennsylvania Coal Co.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LOT 7477, no. 1942 / LC-DIG-nclc-01131 - color digital file from b&w original print
 
LL/8632
2.Lewis W. Hine
1911, June
Ethel Shumate. Has been rolling cigarettes in Danville (Va.) Factory for six months. Lives, 614 Upper Street. Said she was thirteen years old, but it is doubtful. Location: Danville, Virginia.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LOT 7483, v. 1, no. 2192 / LC-DIG-nclc-04742 - color digital file from b&w original print
 
LL/8631
3.Lewis W. Hine
1909, March
Hartford newsboys and girls. Girl in middle, Nellis, is 9 years old.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LOT 7480, v. 1, no. 0662 / LC-DIG-nclc-03300 - color digital file from b&w original print
 
LL/8634
4.Lewis W. Hine
1908, 30 November
Sadie Pfeifer, 48 inches high, has worked half a year. One of the many small children at work in Lancaster Cotton Mills
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LOT 7479, v. 1, no. 0362 / LC-DIG-nclc-01455 - color digital file from b&w original print
 
LL/8633
5.Lewis W. Hine
1912, April
In comparison with governmental affairs newsies are small matters. This photo taken in the shadow of the National Capitol where the laws are made. This group of young newsboys sells on the Capitol grounds every day.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-nclc-03762 - color digital file from b&w original print
 
LL/8630
6.Lewis W. Hine
1920
Power house mechanic working on steam pump
National Archives and Records Administration
Records of the Work Projects Administration (69-RH-4L-2) [VENDOR # 36]
 
LL/6602
7.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Teacher Clayton Blakeslee and students in the Hastings High School machine shop

Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8534
8.Lewis W. Hine
1930s (ca)
Teacher Clayton Blakeslee and students in an industrial arts class in the Hastings High School

Gelatin silver print
5 x 7 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8565
9.Lewis W. Hine
1930s (ca)
Students working on a piece of machinery in an industrial arts class in the Hastings High School

Gelatin silver print
5 x 7 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8566
10.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Teacher Clayton Blakeslee (right) and an unidentified student at the lathe in the Hastings High School machine shop

Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8532
11.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Three students at the metal lathe in the Hastings High School machine shop

Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8533
12.Lewis W. Hine
1931-1936
Theodore Borys at the lathe in the Hastings High School machine shop

Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8517
13.Lewis W. Hine
1934 (ca)
Theodore Borys at the lathe in the Hastings High School machine shop

Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8524
14.Lewis W. Hine
n.d.
"Village" Boys at the Recreation Room (School Buildings)

Gelatin silver print
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
The following quotation from John L. Hopkins 'A Program for the Development of More Adequate Secondary Education in a Suburban Area' PhD dissertation, 1936 (School of Education, New York University) provides the context to this photograph.
 
"The winter program of juvenile recreation under the auspices of the Hastings Recreation Commission, with the Board of Education furnishing club rooms, is illustrated by Plates IV and V, pages 608 and 609. The types and character of children are skillfully depicted by the photographer. In Plate IV, leaders in the Boys' Recreation Club Room, are shown helping a group of boys maneuver an intricate railway system. The interest and attitude of these boys indicate that through proper environment and supervision, they may be developed into respectable and helpful young men.
 
When it comes to little girls from the "foreign" or congested area of Hastings, who can say that they should not be offered every means of protection at society's command? In Plate V, picturing the Girls' Recreation Club Room, the photographer has caught, in the faces of these little Polish- and Russian-American girls, glimpses of dreams, aspirations, and personalities capable of high standards."
 
[Thanks to the Hastings-Historical-Society for providing this information]
 
LL/8554
15.Lewis W. Hine
n.d.
"Village" Girls at the Girls' Club Room (School Buildings)

Gelatin silver print
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8555
16.Lewis W. Hine
1934
Hastings High School's first football team

Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8544
17.Lewis W. Hine
1935/1936
Elementary school orchestra

Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8542
18.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Demonstration of proper bed making in a Hastings High School home economics class. Photograph shows Marion Braginetz (second from left), Marie Sydlowski (later Lucko) (third from left), and Jenny Filipovitch (fourth from left)

Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8519
19.Lewis W. Hine
1934-1936
High School home economics class

Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8535
20.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Teacher Jane Pingrey and eight students in the library of the Farragut Middle School in Hastings

Gelatin silver print
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8521
21.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Librarian Martha Baird and two students in the library of the Farragut Middle School in Hastings.

Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8522
22.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Librarian Martha Baird and student Helen Babulicz in the library of the Farragut Middle School in Hastings

Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8523
23.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Students in the library of the Farragut Middle School in Hastings

Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8527
24.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Teacher Jane Pingrey and eight students in the library of the Farragut Middle School in Hastings

Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8528
25.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Students in the library of the Farragut Middle School in Hastings. Photograph includes Yolanda Antku (later McGuire), seated at the second table

Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8520
26.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Junior High school geography class exhibit or display

Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8531
27.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Two children in costume at a junior High School exhibit in Hastings

Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8545
28.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Junior High School in Hastings: English class exhibit or display

Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8546
29.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Junior High School in Hastings: Science class exhibit or display

Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8547
30.Lewis W. Hine
1929, October
V.F.W. (Veterans of Foreign Wars) building and Memorial Park

Gelatin silver print
4 1/2 x 6 1/4 ins
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8536
31.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Rescue squad of Protection Engine No.1

Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection) [From the estate of Betty Sente Sweeny]
 
LL/8538
32.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Fireman from the rescue squad of Protection Engine No. 1 carrying a boy downstairs

Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection) [From the estate of Betty Sente Sweeny]
 
LL/8540
33.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
Firemen from the rescue squad of Protection Engine No. 1 working on a piece of machinery

Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection) [From the estate of Betty Sente Sweeny]
 
LL/8539
34.Lewis W. Hine
[Checking date]
Informal Play on the Aqueduct

Gelatin silver print
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/9670
35.Lewis W. Hine
[Checking date]
Formal Play on Reynolds' Field. Riverview Manor in background

Gelatin silver print
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/9669
36.Lewis W. Hine
[Checking date]
Plaza & Ravine Park in Congested Area of Hastings

Gelatin silver print
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/9668
37.Lewis W. Hine
[Checking date]
Congested Housing in Hastings

Gelatin silver print
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/9667
38.Lewis W. Hine
[Checking date]
Factories on the Hudson at Hastings

Gelatin silver print
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/9666
39.Lewis W. Hine
[Checking date]
Hastings Municipal Building Overlooking the Industrial Section

Gelatin silver print
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/9665
40.Lewis W. Hine
1927
Peter Van De Water as a child

Gelatin silver print
7 x 7 1/2 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection) [color photocopy of a sepia photograph, 7x7 ยข inches, from a photograph album owned by Peter Van De Water]
 
LL/8550
41.Lewis W. Hine
1925 (ca)
Marjorie Murphy (later Clarke) as a child

Gelatin silver print
5 x 7 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8563
42.Lewis W. Hine
1935 (ca)
An unidentified young man

Gelatin silver print
3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8525
43.Lewis W. Hine
1930 (ca)
Arthur C. Langmuir (1872-1941). Retired chemist, amateur photographer and village activist

Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8541
44.Lewis W. Hine
1930s (ca)
Commodore William Ross. Long time commander of the Tower Ridge Yacht Club in Hastings on the Hudson River.

Gelatin silver print
5 x 6 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection) [Original belongs to Fred Hayes]
 
LL/8543
45.Lewis W. Hine
1932
Frank J. Bankowitz.

Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8556
46.Lewis W. Hine
n.d.
Frederick H. Charles Sr. Local police commissioner and village trustee.

Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8557
47.Lewis W. Hine
1930 (ca)
Judge Francis E. Curry. Justice of the peace, village trustee, and director of the First National Bank of Hastings.

Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8558
48.Lewis W. Hine
1925-1930
James C. Magee. Village trustee and member of the local Board of Education.

Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8559
49.Lewis W. Hine
1925 (ca)
Thomas F. Reynolds. Director of a glove importing business, village trustee and mayor, and county sheriff.

Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8560
50.Lewis W. Hine
1915 (ca)
William Ward Tompkins. Civil war veteran, local business owner, county tax assessor, and village president 1895-1897.

Gelatin silver print
5 x 7 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8561
51.Lewis W. Hine
1930s (ca)
Colonel Frederick G. Zinsser. Owner of the Zinsser Chemical Company on the Hastings waterfront.

Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8562
52.Lewis W. Hine
1936-1937 (ca)
Dr. Louis Finkelstein and his family. Wife Rose and his children Jerry and Rita, It was taken in the backyard of their home at 141 Farragut Avenue in Hastings.

Gelatin silver print
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
This photograph shows Louis Finkelstein and his family - he was a friend of Lewis Hine and a local dentist. The information was extracted from an oral history made by Louis and Rose Finkelstein in the collection of the Hastings-Historical-Society. It was rewritten and not their own words:
 
"In the 1920s and 1930s Hastings was an industrial town with many immigrant families, and during the depression no one had much money. People would often barter for Dr. Finkelstein's services. This barter included groceries and home-grown vegetables, hand-made doilies, and two lovely French chairs. A French woman gave him beautiful gowns for Mrs. Finkelstein; Mr. Rohrbach, a local tailor, gave the doctor two custom-made suits. And even local doctors traded their services for dental work. One Thanksgiving, a live turkey appeared on the porch. Lewis Hine, who was a close friend of the Finkelsteins, took family portraits to pay for his dental work."
 
[Source: Hastings-Historical Society]
 
LL/8665
53.Lewis W. Hine
1931 (ca)
Jerry and Rita Finkelstein

Gelatin silver print
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8666
54.Lewis W. Hine
1925 (ca)
H.H Murphy, Marjorie Murphy, and Corydon Hine, the photographer's son, on Edgars Lane

Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
 
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society (Lewis Hine Collection)
 
LL/8564
   
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