Taft party, Ellis Island N.Y. – Antique 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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Taft party, Ellis Island N.Y. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Taft party, Ellis Island N.Y.
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A party associated with President William Howard Taft is the subject of this view, taken on Ellis Island in New York Harbor. The island had served as the main federal processing station for arriving immigrants since 1892, so a presidential visit there tied official business to the nation's immigration story. The glass negative is part of the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by a news photographer whose agency supplied pictures of public figures and city life to newspapers. The title comes from caption information recorded by the Bain agency, which the Library of Congress notes has not been independently verified.
| Created / published | 10/18/10. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,232 × 3,440 px · prints to 17 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-9858 |
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