Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Bachelor shacks in outskirts of Paterson, on Molly Jan Brook. About 20 men live there now (some of them old silk workers) and stay up there all winter. Man in one view worked in silk up to 5 years ago. On relief now, March 1937, Lewis Hine, 1874 - 1940, was an American photographer, who used his camera as a tool for social reform. US,USA
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Vintage photographs from the Liszt Collection

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Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Bachelor shacks in outskirts of Paterson, on Molly Jan Brook. About 20 men live there now (some of them old silk workers) and stay up there all winter. Man in one view worked in silk up to 5 years ago. On relief now, March 1937, Lewis Hine, 1874 - 1940, was an American photographer, who used his camera as a tool for social reform. US,USA

Date

1940

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

Reference

LZT16A06_170

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Rights managed

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48,1Mb (1,8Mb) / 16,2in x 11,5in / 4861 x 3460 (300dpi)

Keywords

Paterson New Jersey Textiles Bachelor shacks outskirts Paterson Molly Jan Brook About 20 men live now them old silk workers stay up winter Man view worked silk 5 years ago relief now March 1937 Lewis Hine Hine 1874 1940 American photographer camera tool social reform US USA America Americana Great Depression Lewis Wickes Hine Lewis W Hine reform movements documentary social change

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