Arriving at Ellis Island – Antique Wall Art
(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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Arriving at Ellis Island comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Arriving at Ellis Island
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Arriving at Ellis Island is one of the George Grantham Bain Collection's glass negatives, made by the Bain News Service, which sent photographers out to cover news and everyday life in New York and beyond in the early 1900s. The record gives no date, and the title comes from unverified caption data, so the exact moment is uncertain. Still, the subject is clear: Ellis Island, the federal immigration station in New York Harbor that processed millions of arrivals from 1892 until 1954. Pictures from that era often show newcomers waiting in long lines for inspection, a scene worth studying for what it reveals about migration and the bureaucracy that greeted it.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,399 × 3,023 px · prints to 15 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-31758 |
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