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[Immigration Station, Ellis Island, New York, exterior view of building and interior view of registry floor] – Vintage Photo Print

[Immigration Station, Ellis Island, New York, exterior view of building and interior view of registry floor], [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Immigration Station, Ellis Island, New York, exterior view of building and interior view of registry floor], [between 1900 and 1920]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Immigration Station, Ellis Island, New York, exterior view of building and interior view of registry floor] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Two postcards from the early twentieth century show the Ellis Island Immigration Station in New York Harbor, one pairing an exterior view of the main building with an interior look at the registry floor, where arriving passengers were questioned and examined. Opened in 1892, the station processed the great majority of immigrants entering the United States through the port of New York during its peak years, and the registry hall shown here was the vast room where those newcomers waited, were inspected, and were sorted before being admitted or detained. Photographic postcards like these were sold to travelers and visitors, so they capture how the site was presented to the public as much as how it actually operated.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium2 photographic prints (postcards)
GenrePhotographic postcards 1900-1920.Photographic prints 1900-1920.
SubjectsEllis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)--1900-1920. Immigration stations--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--1900-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,306 × 1,500 px · prints to 8 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-170506

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