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Ellis Island hospital complex, aerial view looking north – Vintage Wall Art

Ellis Island hospital complex, aerial view looking north — historic image
Ellis Island hospital complex, aerial view looking north. Historic image from the Ellis Island collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Ellis Island hospital complex, aerial view looking north. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Ellis Island hospital complex, aerial view looking north

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Ellis Island's hospital complex, seen from above and looking north, shows the sprawling group of brick buildings that once treated immigrants held for medical inspection in New York Harbor. Opened in the early 1900s, the hospital was one of the largest of its kind, and it was where doctors checked arrivals for disease and sometimes separated families or sent people back when they failed inspection. The 1978 black-and-white view captures the complex during the years when the island was largely abandoned, a useful reminder of how much of the site stood empty before its restoration.

Original scan4,410 × 3,307 px · prints to 15 × 11 in at 300 dpi
Reference118027pu 12. HOSPITAL COMPLEX (build 1902-08), LOOKING NORTH

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