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Immigrants just arrived from Foreign Countries--Immigrant Building, Ellis Island, New York Harbor – Vintage Photo Print

Immigrants just arrived from Foreign Countries--Immigrant Building, Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York : Underwood & Underwood, c1904. — historic photograph
Immigrants just arrived from Foreign Countries--Immigrant Building, Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York : Underwood & Underwood, c1904.. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Immigrants just arrived from Foreign Countries--Immigrant Building, Ellis Island, New York Harbor. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Arriving passengers filed through the Immigrant Building on Ellis Island, the processing station in New York Harbor that opened in 1892 and received millions of newcomers before it closed in 1954. This stereograph by Underwood & Underwood, a New York firm that sold stereo views widely, was made around 1904, when the station was at its busiest. Stereo cards like this were meant to be viewed through a special lens, giving the scene a sense of depth. The caption's phrase "just arrived from foreign countries" captures the moment of arrival, when travelers were about to face medical and legal inspection.

Created / publishedNew York : Underwood & Underwood, c1904.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH42444 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.
SubjectsEllis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)--1900-1910. Immigrants--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--1900-1910. Immigration stations--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--1900-1910. Emigration & immigration--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--1900-1910. Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan928 × 1,057 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-113019

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