Basement Home of Man Dying of Tuberculosis, Washington, DC

Lewis Wickes Hine, American, 1874 - 1940

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about 1909

Gelatin silver print

Overall: 5 × 7 in. (12.7 × 17.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Franklin Davidson MD, Class of 1955

PH.2004.74.3

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Stamped, on reverse: LEWIS W. HINE / INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK; inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, beneath stamp: Wash. D.C. 1909 / Basement home of negro / dying of Tb. / (Also in Tenements)? / Ref: LEWIS HINE AND THE AMERICAN Social / conscience - GuttMAN / illus: p114 dated 1908 / 106

Course History

ANTH 50, COCO 2, HIV/AIDS Through a Biosocial Lens: 30 Years of a Modern Plague, Sienna Craig, Timothy Lahey, Spring 2013

SART 17.9, The Photographer as Activist: Making Art Inspired by the Hood Museum's Collection, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2015

COCO 2.3, ANTH 50.6, HIV/AIDS Through a Bio-social Lens: Thirty Years of a Modern Plague, Sienna Craig, Timothy Lahey, Spring 2015

ARTH 48.08, The Photographic Medium, Allan Doyle, Winter 2019

ANTH 3, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Chelsey Kivland, Spring 2019

ANTH 3.01, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Chelsey Kivland, Fall 2019

ANTH 3.02, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Chelsey Kivland 2, Fall 2019

ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020

ANTH 50.17, Rites of Passage, Sienna Craig, Spring 2020

ANTH 55, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Spring 2021

ANTH 55, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Spring 2021

GEOG 11.01, Qualitative Methods, Abigail Neely, Winter 2022

ANTH 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Spring 2022

ANTH 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Spring 2022

ANTH 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Spring 2022

ANTH 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Spring 2022

GEOG 80.10, COVID-19, Abby Neely, Spring 2022

ANTH 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Fall 2022

GEOG 11.01, Qualitative Methods, Abigail Neely, Fall 2022

Comparative Literature 49.09/English 53.49, Graphic Medicine, Michael Chaney, Winter 2023

Anthropology 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Spring 2023

English 52.19, Poverty in American Literature: 1861-1925, Colleen Boggs, Spring 2023

English 52.19, Poverty in American LIterature: 1861-1925, Colleen Boggs, Spring 2023

Geography 21.01/International Studies 18.01, Global Health and Society, Anne Sosin, Spring 2024

Anthropology 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Fall 2023

Film Studies 47.30, Black Looks, Tory Jeffay, Fall 2023

Art History 48.02, Histories of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Spring 2024

Anthropology 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Spring 2024

Geography 21.01, International Studies 18.01, Global Health and Society, Anne Sosin, Spring 2024

Provenance

Janet Lehr, Inc., New York; sold to Dr. Franklin Davidson, New York, 1981; given to present collection, 2004.

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