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A five year old cotton picker who "ain't old nuff to go to school but he can pick up his 20lbs. a day."

A five year old cotton picker who "ain't old nuff to go to school but he can pick up his 20lbs. a day."

(American, 1874–1940)
Oct. 1916
Place DepictedOklahoma, U.S.A.
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, gelatin silver print
Dimensions11.6 x 16.7 cm (4 9/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Naomi and Walter Rosenblum
Accession number1980.301
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsPhotographer's stamp: "Lewis W. Hine Interpretive Photography Hastings-on-Hudson, New York", collector's stamp: "Photograph by Lewis W. Hine from the Walter and Naomi Rosenblum Collection", The National Child Labor Committee stamp. On verso: title, date, location in pencil.
ProvenanceWalter and Naomi Rosenblum, Long Island City, NY; gift to MFA September 1980.