Oct 22, 2020 - Sale 2548

Sale 2548 - Lot 83

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
LEWIS W. HINE (1874-1940)
A Western Union Messenger, Nashville, Tennessee. Silver print, the image measuring 4 1/2x6 3/4 inches (11.4x17.4 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with the title and various numeric notations including 1742, in pencil, and the numeric notation 1742 again, in ink, on verso. 1910; printed 1920s

Additional Details

From the Personal Collection of Stephen Cohen.

Hine's full caption for this image reads: "A W.U. Messenger. Richard Tuck, #63, 13 years old. Sometimes works nights. Location, Nashville, Tennessee."