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[The dance of the Children of the Sunshine with Ellen sleeping in the foreground. [#4140: Miss Mackay's Pageant Children of Sunshine and Shadow as presented at Washington Irving High School. L.W. Hine.] Location: New York, New York (State) / L.W. Hine. – Antique Wall Art

[The dance of the Children of the Sunshine with Ellen sleeping in the foreground. [#4140: Miss Mackay's Pageant Children of Sunshine and Shadow as presented at Washington Irving High School. L.W. Hine.] Location: New York, New York (State) / L.W. Hine., 1916 June 5. — historic photograph
[The dance of the Children of the Sunshine with Ellen sleeping in the foreground. [#4140: Miss Mackay's Pageant Children of Sunshine and Shadow as presented at Washington Irving High School. L.W. Hine.] Location: New York, New York (State) / L.W. Hine., 1916 June 5.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

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[The dance of the Children of the Sunshine with Ellen sleeping in the foreground. [#4140: Miss Mackay's Pageant Children of Sunshine and Shadow as presented at Washington Irving High School. L.W. Hine.] Location: New York, New York (State) / L.W. Hine.

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At Washington Irving High School in Manhattan in June 1916, Lewis Hine photographed the "Dance of the Children of the Sunshine" from Miss Mackay's pageant *Children of Sunshine and Shadow*. Hine spent much of the decade documenting working children for the National Child Labor Committee, and he turned his camera on this school performance. The sleeping girl, Ellen, in the foreground sets a quiet counterpoint to the dancers behind her. The picture shows how schools of the period used pageantry and movement for their students, a lighter subject than the factory and street scenes Hine is best known for.

Created / published1916 June 5.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints.
NotesIn album: Miscellaneous. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 4140. Hine no. 4145.
SubjectsGirls. Pageants. Dance.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,090 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116562

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