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[Physical examination of female immigrants at Ellis Island, New York City] – Vintage Print

[Physical examination of female immigrants at Ellis Island, New York City], c1911. — historic photograph
[Physical examination of female immigrants at Ellis Island, New York City], c1911.. 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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Medical inspections were among the first tests newcomers faced at Ellis Island, and this stereograph records one of them: a physical examination of women arriving from abroad, dated to about 1911. Inspectors looked for signs of disease, infection and physical disability, and anyone flagged could be detained for further observation or sent back. The image is one of the stereo cards from the 1910 to 1920 peak years, when millions passed through the station in New York Harbor. Stereographs were viewed in pairs through a special viewer, so the scene reads with depth and gives a close, documentary sense of the process.

Created / publishedc1911.
Medium1 photographic print : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ157103 U.S. Copyright Office. No. U-97322.
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 scan1,305 × 784 px · prints to 4 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218518

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