Ellis Island. Immigration depot since 1892, where all immigrants are landed and examined before being admitted to this country.…

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'Ellis Island. Immigration depot since 1892, where all immigrants are landed and examined before being admitted to this country. More than 75 per cent. of the immigrants that come to the United States pass through Ellis Island. All Criminals, Paupers, Diseased Persons, contract laborers and other undesirables are deported at the expense of the Steamship Companies that bring them' (1912). Artist/photographer: Unattributed . Provenance: "New York Illustrated"; C. Souhami, , Published by Success Postal Card Co. New York. Type: Antique halftone photograph.

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Size: 5224px × 1786px
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1892, 1912, 20th, antique, card, century, city, depot, ellis, halftone, immigration, island, manhattan, photograph, postal, souhami, success, twentieth, vintage, york