[The Statue of Liberty: British children sent to the U.S. for the war's duration hailing the statue as their ship enters New York Harbor] – Antique Print
![[The Statue of Liberty: British children sent to the U.S. for the war's duration hailing the statue as their ship enters New York Harbor], [1944?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/89/89b8d7b2f6d1-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic photograph captures [The Statue of Liberty: British children sent to the U.S. for the war's duration hailing the statue as their ship enters New York Harbor] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[The Statue of Liberty: British children sent to the U.S. for the war's duration hailing the statue as their ship enters New York Harbor]
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Children from Britain leaning toward the rail as their ship approaches the Statue of Liberty set this picture apart from the many harbor views on this board. The caption card dates it tentatively to around 1944, when families in Britain were still sending children overseas to escape the bombing. Earlier evacuation schemes had carried thousands of British children across the Atlantic until the 1940 sinking of the liner City of Benares largely halted them. Arriving under the statue's torch gave these young travelers a powerful symbol of refuge.
| Created / published | [1944?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: WW, 1939-1945--England; WW, 1939-1945--U.S.(NY); Children and war--1944; NY(N.Y.); Statue of Liberty; Refugees; Immigrants; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,203 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-140902 |
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