Textile mill school, Huntsville, Alabama. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine, 1913.
This preserved scene shows A group of children sit indoors reading and writing around a table and at wooden crates. A male teacher in a suit stands reading a book in the back of the scene. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Textile mill school, Huntsville, Alabama. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine, 1913.
This preserved scene shows A group of children sit indoors reading and writing around a table and at wooden crates. A male teacher in a suit stands reading a book in the back of the scene. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Textile mill school, Huntsville, Alabama. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine, 1913.
Historical photographs preserve details that written records can miss: clothing, tools, architecture, body language, and the ordinary environments around important changes.
Image: Library of Congress | View original catalog record
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