Italian Family Arriving at Ellis Island

Files

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Title

Italian Family Arriving at Ellis Island

Subject

Immigration in the United States

Description

An Italian immigrant family arrives at Ellis Island at the height of immigration in the United States

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/93437?search_no=2&index=11

Publisher

Advameg Inc

Date

1905

Format

Gelatin Silver Print
34.2 x 26.8 cm (image/paper)
Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, along upper edge, in black ink and graphite: "Child-labor on the farm. [in black ink] -1930 [in graphite] / Hine [in black ink/underlined]"; stamped verso, upper center, in blue ink: "LEWIS W. HINE / INTERPRETIVE PHOTOGRAPHY / HASTINGS - ON - HIDSON, NEW YORK"; inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: "13 [encircled/crossed out]"

Citation

“Italian Family Arriving at Ellis Island,” Digital Exhibits, accessed December 23, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/7993.