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View of Ellis Island, New York Harbor. Immigration Station [old] – Vintage Photo Print

View of Ellis Island, New York Harbor. Immigration Station [old] — historic image
View of Ellis Island, New York Harbor. Immigration Station [old]. Historic image from the Ellis Island collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: View of Ellis Island, New York Harbor. Immigration Station [old], preserved in this historic image. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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View of Ellis Island, New York Harbor. Immigration Station [old]

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Ellis Island in New York Harbor served as the federal station where arriving immigrants were received and inspected from 1892 until 1954. The caption card credits the photograph to F. Gutekunst but gives no date, so the year it was taken is uncertain. Its subject tags, which point to arrival and immigration, reflect the island's role as the first American stop for millions of people entering through the port of New York.

Medium1 item.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SubjectsPhoto by F. Gutekunst. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Immigration--Arriving; Photog. Index; NY--NYC--Ellis Is.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,459 × 1,500 px · prints to 8 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134317

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