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Ellis Island, New York – Historic Print

Ellis Island, New York — historic image
Ellis Island, New York. Historic image from the Ellis Island collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic image of Ellis Island, New York brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Ellis Island, New York

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Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, is the place most people picture when they think of immigration to the United States. Between 1892 and 1954, the federal immigrant inspection station on the island processed millions of arrivals, most of them coming by steamship from Europe. Newcomers faced medical checks and legal questioning before they could enter the country, and the great hall where these exams took place remains one of the most recognizable interiors in American history. Color views of the island tend to show its red brick buildings against the water and the Manhattan skyline beyond.

Original scan3,241 × 2,057 px · prints to 11 × 7 in at 300 dpi
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