Ellis Island, NY – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Ellis Island, NY. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Ellis Island, NY
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Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, served as the main federal processing station for immigrants arriving in the United States from 1892 to 1954, and this glass negative records the island itself rather than a particular scene or person. The image comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the Bain News Service, a photo agency that circulated pictures of news events and places to newspapers in the early twentieth century. The title was assigned from data written on the negative or its caption card and has not been independently verified, so the exact date and vantage point are uncertain. Its glass-plate format is typical of the period, when photographers captured large, finely detailed images on fragile plates.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,209 × 3,737 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-7459 |
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