Immigrants landing at Castle Garden / drawn by A.B. Shults. – Vintage Print
(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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This rare antique engraving captures Immigrants landing at Castle Garden / drawn by A.B. Shults. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Immigrants landing at Castle Garden / drawn by A.B. Shults.
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Castle Garden, at the southern tip of Manhattan, was the main immigrant landing station in New York from 1855 until 1890, and this wood engraving shows arrivals coming ashore there in 1880. A.B. Shults drew the scene for Harper's Weekly, where it ran in the May 29, 1880 issue, and the engraving reflects the steady flow of newcomers that the magazine often covered in its period. Castle Garden had originally been a fort and later a concert hall before the federal government took it over for processing, and it preceded the opening of Ellis Island in 1892.
| Created / published | 1880 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1880.Wood engravings 1880. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1880 May 29, p. 341. |
| Subjects | Emigration & immigration--United States--1880. Arrivals & departures--New York (State)--New York--1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,034 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-170261 |
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