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Immigrants waiting to be transferred, Ellis Island, October 30, 1912 – Antique Print

Immigrants waiting to be transferred, Ellis Island, October 30, 1912, New York : Underwood & Underwood, c1912. — historic photograph
Immigrants waiting to be transferred, Ellis Island, October 30, 1912, New York : Underwood & Underwood, c1912.. 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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Immigrants waiting to be transferred, Ellis Island, October 30, 1912 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Immigrants waiting to be transferred, Ellis Island, October 30, 1912

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Ellis Island's immigration station, which opened in 1892, handled millions of arrivals before the 1954 closing, and this 1912 view captures a moment of waiting in the middle of that process. Underwood & Underwood, a New York firm known for its stereographs and news photography, made the print, and its caption dates the scene to October 30, 1912. Those held in the great hall were often families who had already crossed the Atlantic in steerage, now sorting through medical inspections and legal questions before they could be released to the mainland. The picture is worth studying for the crowded, patient stillness of people whose futures depended on the next call.

Created / publishedNew York : Underwood & Underwood, c1912.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ174749 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.
SubjectsEllis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)--1910-1920. Immigrants--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--1910-1920. Emigration & immigration--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,184 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-111767

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