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[Italian immigrant family at Ellis Island] – Historic Reproduction

[Italian immigrant family at Ellis Island], ca. 1910. — historic photograph
[Italian immigrant family at Ellis Island], ca. 1910.. Historic photograph 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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[Italian immigrant family at Ellis Island] 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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Few places shaped American families quite like Ellis Island, the federal immigration station in New York Harbor that processed millions of arrivals in the early twentieth century. This photograph shows an Italian immigrant family at the station around 1910, a moment when newcomers were examined by inspectors, questioned about their health and finances, and then either admitted or detained before stepping into the city. Italian arrivals made up a large share of immigrants passing through the island in those years, and the picture captures the uncertainty and hope that marked the wait. Its place in the Library of Congress collection makes it a useful record of how families presented themselves at the gateway.

Created / publishedca. 1910.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1920.
SubjectsImmigrants--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--1900-1920. Families--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--1900-1920. Emigration & immigration--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--1900-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,500 × 1,868 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-141854

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