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A black-and-white photograph of two young White men, both in military-style caps, jackets, ties, knickers, and hose, sitting on a window ledge.
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Two Beaumont Messengers

Lewis W. Hine (1874-1940)

Object Details

  • Date

    1913

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print

  • Dimensions

    4 7/16 x 4 1/2 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    c.r. in image in graphite: 3679

    Verso:

    u.c. in graphite: 3679

    Mount Verso: [removed]

    u.c. [photocopied label:] 3679 Beaumont, Tex. Nov. 1913 \ Two Beaumont messengers, 14 and 17 years \ old. The latter has been messenger here for \ 2 years. Works until midnight. The Red Light District flourished here.

    u.c. in graphite: (At Auction) \ De accessioned Baltimore Public \ Library Archives.

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Paul Rogers Harris in memory of Lynn Ashley Tolliver

  • Accession Number

    P1990.17

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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