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[Immigrant family looking at Statue of Liberty from Ellis Island] – Vintage Wall Art

[Immigrant family looking at Statue of Liberty from Ellis Island], [ca. 1930] — historic photograph
[Immigrant family looking at Statue of Liberty from Ellis Island], [ca. 1930]. 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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Step back in time with [Immigrant family looking at Statue of Liberty from Ellis Island], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A family gazes across the harbor from Ellis Island toward the Statue of Liberty in this view. The island served as the main federal processing station for arriving immigrants from 1892 until 1954, and for many travelers the statue was the first American landmark they saw after the long Atlantic crossing. Dated around 1930, the scene was made after the Immigration Act of 1924 had sharply limited new arrivals, so it looks back on an earlier era of mass immigration. The picture is numbered 16 in the Portrait of America series.

Created / published[ca. 1930]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1940.
NotesPortrait of America, no. 16.
SubjectsStatue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--1920-1940. Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--1920-1940. Families--New York (State)--New York--1920-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan859 × 1,169 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127413

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