Immigrant Children Learning to Play on the Roof Garden of the Washington School. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston, Massachusetts. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Immigrant Children Learning to Play on the Roof Garden of the Washington School. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston, Massachusetts. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Immigrant Children Learning to Play on the Roof Garden of the Washington School. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.
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Roof gardens on Boston schoolhouses gave crowded city children a place to play in open air, and this view of the Washington School's rooftop shows immigrant pupils learning those games. Taken in October 1909 and attributed to photographer Lewis Hine, it belongs to the body of work he made for the National Child Labor Committee, which used images like this to argue for better conditions for city children. Note how the adults and children share the frame, a reminder that schools were often where newcomers learned English and American customs.
| Created / published | 1909 October. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print.1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. |
| Genre | Photographic prints.Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 0946. |
| Subjects | School children. Adults. Immigrants. Schools. Roof gardens. Play (Recreation).United States--Massachusetts--Boston. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,086 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-138642 |
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