Arriving at Ellis Island – Historic Reproduction
(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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Arriving at Ellis Island. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Arriving at Ellis Island
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Ellis Island in New York Harbor was the main federal immigration station for arrivals by sea from 1892 until 1954, and this glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection shows the arrival process it was built to handle. The Bain News Service, a Manhattan photo agency, sold images of current events and places to newspapers, so pictures like this one were made for a press audience rather than as fine art. The record gives no date, so the exact year is uncertain, but the subject fits the station's busiest decades, when millions of immigrants passed through its registry hall before being examined by inspectors.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,369 × 3,033 px · prints to 15 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-31757 |
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