"Girls at Weaving Machines, Evansville, IN
October 1908"
Source: archives.gov
Muckrakers
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Muckrakers during the Progressive Era exposed powerful businesses. Muckrakers like Lewis Hine and Jacob Riis used photography as proof to prove their points.
Lewis Hine
Hine was best known as a social reform photographer in the Progressive Era. His famous photographs included children in the workspace. While Hine took his photos, his intentions were to help change child labor laws.
"Young Boys Schucking Oysters, Apalachicola, FL
January 25, 1909"
Source: archives.gov
"Girl Working in Box Factory, Tampa, FL
January 28, 1909"
Source: archives.gov
Jacob Riis
Riis, also a social reformer, used photography to reveal the sanitation and living conditions of people in New York City. They called these people “side slums.” His goal was to have knowledge of situations and problems in their cities.
"Shelter for immigrants in a New York City tenement"
Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
"A young girl, holding a baby, sits in a doorway next to a garbage can. Circa 1890"
Source: Museum of the City of New York/Getty Images