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Mechanic and Micrometer

Mechanic and Micrometer

(American, 1874–1940)
1920
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)
Credit LinePolaroid Foundation Purchase Fund
Accession number1977.187
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsStamped: "Lewis W. Hine/Interpretive Photography/Hastings-on-Hudson, New York." On verso in pencil: "mechanic turning down a drive-shaft for big engine. Must be accurate to 1/1,000 inch."
ProvenanceStephen T. Rose, Boston; purchased to MFA May 1977.