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Driven by a sense of urgency in documenting aspects of American life that are disappearing, such as barns, lighthouses, motor courts, and eclectic roadside art, photographer Carol Highsmith has donated her work to the Library of Congress since 1992. The images, recording current scenes and historical remnants of rural, urban, and small town life, are worthy of study. The project might also inspire students to document and preserve that which makes their own communities unique. 
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fair-oaks-antiques: Via Deanna Dahlsad, Gracie Passette
Deanna Dahlsad's curator insight,
February 12, 2015 4:14 PM
Cuz nothings funnier than a man in dress
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Dennis Richards's curator insight,
February 3, 2013 10:23 AM
Title of thei image: "Indiana Glass Works. Midnight, August 1908"
"Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874 Oshkosh, Wisconsin– November 3, 1940) was an American sociologist and photographer. Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing the child labor laws in the United States." Wikipedia, February 3, 2013, http://goo.gl/2Mqt1
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Today's History Lesson...memorable photographs Via Sharla Shults
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Two-part program from 2012 airs Labor Day weekend, Sept. 6 at 6pm & 10pm ET on C-SPAN3.
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Title: "Group working in Washington Mill. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts." September 1911
One of 73 results containing "Lawrence Massachusetts" from the National Child Labor Committee Collection
"About this Collection
Working as an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC), Lewis Hine (1874-1940) documented working and living conditions of children in the United States between 1908 and 1924. The NCLC photos are useful for the study of labor, reform movements, children, working class families, education, public health, urban and rural housing conditions, industrial and agricultural sites, and other aspects of urban and rural life in America in the early twentieth century.
The collection consists of more than 5,100 photographic prints and 355 glass negatives, given to the Library of Congress, along with the NCLC records, in 1954 by Mrs. Gertrude Folks Zimand, acting for the NCLC in her capacity as chief executive." Via Dennis Richards
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