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New York Port of embarkation during World War II. And climb aboard – Antique Print

New York Port of embarkation during World War II. And climb aboard — historic photograph
New York Port of embarkation during World War II. And climb aboard. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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New York Port of embarkation during World War II. And climb aboard comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The caption's invitation, "And climb aboard," points to the moment of boarding itself rather than a parade or a parade-ground drill, and the record places the scene at the New York Port of Embarkation sometime between 1942 and 1945. The Army ran the port to send troops and supplies overseas, and during those years large numbers of American servicemen passed through its piers in Manhattan, Brooklyn and across the Hudson in Hoboken, New Jersey, on their way to ships bound for Europe and the Pacific. Pictures like this one capture the crowded final stage of that journey, when soldiers left American soil.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[between 1942 and 1945]
SubjectsWorld War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--American. World War, 1939-1945--Military mobilizations--New York (State). Soldiers--New York (State)--1940-1950. Troop movements--New York (State)--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,282 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-209371

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