118025pu 10. MAIN BUILDING, LOOKING NORTH – Historic Photograph Print
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This rare historic image captures 118025pu 10. MAIN BUILDING, LOOKING NORTH in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
118025pu 10. MAIN BUILDING, LOOKING NORTH
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Taken looking north across the island, this view shows the Main Building, the central structure of the Ellis Island complex. Completed in 1900 after a fire in 1897 destroyed the original wooden buildings, it housed the Registry Room, where most arriving immigrants underwent medical and legal inspection. Architect Edward Lippincott Tilton designed the building in the Beaux-Arts style, and it stayed in use until the station closed in 1954. As a 1978 black-and-white record, the photograph captures the site in the decades after it had fallen silent.
| Original scan | 4,582 × 3,460 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 118025pu 10. MAIN BUILDING, LOOKING NORTH |
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