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Immigrants on deck of Fried. der Grosse" in steerage" – Vintage Wall Art

Immigrants on deck of Fried. der Grosse" in steerage", [between ca. 1907 and ca. 1921] — historic photograph
Immigrants on deck of Fried. der Grosse" in steerage", [between ca. 1907 and ca. 1921]. 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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A window into the past: Immigrants on deck of Fried. der Grosse" in steerage", preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Immigrants on deck of Fried. der Grosse" in steerage"

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Steerage passengers crowd the deck of the North German Lloyd liner *Friedrich der Grosse* in this view, the emigrants' own space far below the first-class decks. Press photographer George Grantham Bain made the picture sometime between about 1907 and 1921, a period when millions of people crossed the Atlantic in steerage. Many of the passengers on such ships later faced medical and legal inspection at Ellis Island in New York Harbor, the first stop for most immigrants arriving by sea. The photograph offers a rare look at the conditions and crowding of the voyage before that inspection began.

Created / published[between ca. 1907 and ca. 1921]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1930.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Photo by George Bain. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsEmigration & immigration--1900-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,382 × 1,500 px · prints to 8 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-114821

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