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New York. Ellis Island – Antique Print

New York. Ellis Island, [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph
New York. Ellis Island, [between 1909 and 1932]. 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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New York. Ellis Island comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Ellis Island, the federal immigration station in New York Harbor, is the subject here, shown in a National Photo Company view made sometime between 1909 and 1932. The island opened as the main gateway for arrivals in 1892 and processed millions of newcomers, most of whom came from Europe, before it closed in 1954. The company's catalog numbering suggests it was one of a large series of views sold to visitors and publications, so the image offers a snapshot of how the station was presented to the public in the early twentieth century. Its subjects also point to the people who passed through, whose long wait for inspection became a defining part of the island's story.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1932]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1940.
NotesNational Photo Company Collection. No. 3163E.
SubjectsEllis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)--1900-1910. Immigrants--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--1900-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,439 × 1,500 px · prints to 8 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-171401

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