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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Ellis Island in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Ellis Island
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Ellis Island, the federal immigration station in New York Harbor, is the subject of this glass negative, though its record gives no date and the title is only provisionally attributed to the Bain News Service. The island opened as an immigration depot in 1892, and for more than sixty years its ferries and registry halls processed millions of people arriving from Europe and elsewhere before it closed in 1954. Bain News Service, a New York photo agency run by George Grantham Bain, supplied pictures of city and harbor scenes to newspapers in the early twentieth century. Because the image survives on glass, its buildings and waterfront retain fine detail that makes them useful for close study.
| 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 eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,409 × 2,998 px · prints to 15 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-40883 |
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