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Ellis Island, N.Y. - immigrants from Princess Irene"" – Vintage Wall Art

Ellis Island, N.Y. - immigrants from Princess Irene"", 1911 — historic photograph
Ellis Island, N.Y. - immigrants from Princess Irene"", 1911. 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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Step back in time with Ellis Island, N.Y. - immigrants from Princess Irene"", a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Immigrants from the steamship *Princess Irene* are shown at Ellis Island in New York Harbor in 1911, when the island was the main federal station for processing arrivals at the port. Most passengers in this period were European emigrants traveling in steerage, and they faced medical inspections and questioning by officials before they could enter the country. George Grantham Bain, a news photographer, made the picture, and his collection documents many of the crowds and events of the early twentieth century.

Created / published1911
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Photo by Geo. G. Bain. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsEmigration & immigration--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,114 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-114206

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