Swiping Behind the Cop's Back. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston, Massachusetts. – Antique Wall Art
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Swiping Behind the Cop's Back. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Swiping Behind the Cop's Back. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.
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Two boys caught in the act of swiping while a policeman's back is turned give this Boston street scene its humor and tension. The picture is dated October 1909 and attributed to Lewis Hine, who began documenting working children for the National Child Labor Committee in 1908. The committee's caption card supplies the title. The scavenging and petty theft it shows reflect the street survival among poor city children that Hine's reform photographs were meant to expose.
| Created / published | 1909 October. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints. |
| Notes | Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 0873. |
| Subjects | Boys. Adults. City & town life. Scavenging.United States--Massachusetts--Boston. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,110 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-134486 |
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