1874 Born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

1900 Enrolled in the University of Chicago
where he meets Frank E. Manny, Professor of Education
at the State Normal School

1901 Manny invites Hine to New York City
to be an assistant teacher at the Ethical Culture School,
where he is superintendent.  Hine begins photographing
school events and attends the School of Education
at New York University

1904 Hine marries Sara Ann Rich and begins a project photographing immigrants at Ellis Island in a way
to combat anti-immigrant notions

1905 Hine graduates from NYU, continues to photograph for ECS, and meets Paul Strand while running the Photography Club

1906 Hine begins to freelance
with the National Child Labor Committee

1907 On assignment from the NCLC, Hine photographs
New York tenement homework, enrolls in graduate studies
in sociology at Columbia University, and begins a project
with Paul U. Kellogg, The Pittsburgh Survey,
to unmask social and economic inequities
and promote social awareness.

1908 On assignment from the NCLC, Hine receives a monthly salary to photograph child labor in mines, factories, canneries, textile mills, street trades and assorted agricultural industries,
again to promote social awareness

1912 Hine's son, Corydon, is born, and the family
moves to Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.  Hine continues to photograph for social awareness for the NCLC

1917 NCLC reduces Hine's salary,
Hine works for the American Red Cross
photographing refugees and displaced civilians
from the war in Europe

1920 Hine returns to NYC and works
for the American Red Cross National Headquarters
where his work is publicized as symbolic and artistic.
Hine continues to photograph Ellis Island
and other commercial assignments

1924Hine is awarded a medal at the Exhibition of Advertising Arts by the Art Directors Club of New York.

1930 Hine is hired to photograph the construction
of the Empire State Building

1931 The Yonkers Art Museum hosts Hine's largest exhibit

1932 Hine's book, Men at Work, is published

1936 Hine is appointed head photographer for the
National Research Project of the Works Progress Administration

1939 An exhibit of the works of Hine, Paul Strand, and Alfred Stieglitz is arranged for the Riverside Museum in NYC
and travels to the Des Moines Fine Arts Association Gallery
in Iowa and the New York State Museum in Albany

1940 Lewis Wickes Hine dies.
His son, Corydon, donates Hine's prints and negatives
to the Photo League, who in turn donates them
to the George Eastman House