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Held at Ellis Island--undesirable emigrants to be taken back by steamship company that brought them – Antique Print

Held at Ellis Island--undesirable emigrants to be taken back by steamship company that brought them, c1902. — historic print
Held at Ellis Island--undesirable emigrants to be taken back by steamship company that brought them, c1902.. Historic print 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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This rare historic print captures Held at Ellis Island--undesirable emigrants to be taken back by steamship company that brought them in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The caption states the stakes plainly: immigrants held at Ellis Island were to be sent back by the steamship company that had brought them. Under U.S. law from 1891, carriers paid for the return of passengers judged inadmissible, so lines had strong reason to screen travelers before they sailed. The halftone was reproduced from a photograph in *Quarantine Sketches*, a pamphlet the Maltine Co., a maker of malt tonics, issued as advertising, so a scene of detention was repurposed to sell a product.

Created / publishedc1902.
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone.
GenreHalftone photomechanical prints 1900-1910.
NotesHalftone reproduction of photograph in Quarantine sketches, a pamphlet published as advertising by the Maltine Co.
SubjectsEllis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)--1900-1910. Women--Health & welfare--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--1900-1910. Immigrants--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,081 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-164351

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