Collections

Snapshot: Orville Wright and His St. Bernard, Scipio, 1917

Story: Farming and School Life in Clark County, Kentucky in 1916

Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874 – November 3, 1940) was an American sociologist and photographer. Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing the child labor laws in the United States. He visited Kentucky in 1916 and took many photographs of early schools and children working instead of attending school. Below are some of his remarkable photographs depicting the lives of children in Clark County, Kentucky in 1916. The comments are from Lewis Wickes Hine.

Snapshot: Preparing for a Cycling Race in 1909

Snapshot: Putting out a Fire in NYC in 1909

Story: The Strike of Baldwin Locomotive Workers, February 1910

Collection: Learned Men at Their Desks ca. 1910

Event: 1923 World Series, NY Giants vs. NY Yankees

Snapshot: The Native Americans of The Wild West Show, 1898

Snapshot: The North American Indian by Edward Curtis

Story: The Amazing Life of Annie Oakley

Collection: Life in Old Rural Kentucky, 1916

Story: The Young Bike Messengers of the South, 1910