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Final discharge from Ellis Island--

Final discharge from Ellis Island--

Immigration officers examining documents and immigrants at Ellis Island Immigration Station. Halftone reproduction of photograph in Quarantine sketches, a pamphlet published as advertising by Maltine Co.

[Recently arrived persons at Ellis Island, N.Y.]

[Recently arrived persons at Ellis Island, N.Y.]

Photograph shows a large waiting room filled with newly arrived emigrants. No. 97326.

The smallest shrimp-picker, standing on the box is Manuel, about five years old, who worked here last year also. Cannot understand a word of English. Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Co. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi

The smallest shrimp-picker, standing on the box is Manuel, about five ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1979. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth & Twenty-first Streets, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...

Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth & Twenty-first Streets, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...

Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth & Twenty-first Streets, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...

Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth & Twenty-first Streets, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...

Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth & Twenty-first Streets, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...

Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth & Twenty-first Streets, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...

Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More

The Vale, Beaver Street, Waltham, Middlesex County, MA

The Vale, Beaver Street, Waltham, Middlesex County, MA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS MA-204 Building/structure dates: 1793 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1800 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More

Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, ...

See Written Historical & Desriptive Data pages for reduced copies of drawings. Significance: The Schoenhofen Brewery has historic significance as the only major pre-Prohibition brewery in Chicago to have its st... More

Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO

Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, Dolores, Montezuma County,...

Significance: Settlement of the Montezuma Valley was made possible in the 1880s with the constructino of the irrigation system. Organized by Cames W. Kanna, the complex series of tunnel (5,400 foot long), "Grea... More

Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO

Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company System, Dolores, Montezuma County,...

Significance: Settlement of the Montezuma Valley was made possible in the 1880s with the constructino of the irrigation system. Organized by Cames W. Kanna, the complex series of tunnel (5,400 foot long), "Grea... More

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Riverside, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Ri...

See also HAER CA-118, CA-120 & CA-121 for additional information. Significance: Arlington Heights is the last vestige of the once-vast citrus culture of Riverside, California. Although other citrus groves in t... More

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Riverside, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

Arlington Heights Citrus Landscape, Southwestern portion of city of Ri...

See also HAER CA-118, CA-120 & CA-121 for additional information. Significance: Arlington Heights is the last vestige of the once-vast citrus culture of Riverside, California. Although other citrus groves in t... More

Santos Farm, 1481 Mowry Avenue, Fremont, Alameda County, CA

Santos Farm, 1481 Mowry Avenue, Fremont, Alameda County, CA

Significance: The Santos Farm complex is historically significant as one of the few remaining farm complexes in southern Alameda County. The property has been associated with the Portuguese community for over ... More

531 South Fifth Street (Double House), 531 South Fifth Street, Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA

531 South Fifth Street (Double House), 531 South Fifth Street, Jeannet...

Significance: A high concentration of window, tableware, bottle and specialty glass plants distinguished Jeanette as "The Glass City" early in its history. Significant housing stock consists of company-built ro... More

American Brewing Company, 325 Heath Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

American Brewing Company, 325 Heath Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: In the last half of the 19th century, the growth of the German community in Roxbury, together with the presence of several important springs, encouraged the establishment of more than a dozen brew... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Ellis Island, Restaurant & Bath House, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Restaurant & Bath House, New York Harbor, New York, New ...

Survey number: HABS NY-6086-F Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000058

St. Anne Rectory, 515 South Main Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

St. Anne Rectory, 515 South Main Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, ...

Significance: St. Anne Rectory (1895) has architectural significance as an early and well-preserved example of the Colonial Revival style, a popular movement at the turn of the century because of its connotatio... More

St. Anne Rectory, 515 South Main Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

St. Anne Rectory, 515 South Main Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, ...

Significance: St. Anne Rectory (1895) has architectural significance as an early and well-preserved example of the Colonial Revival style, a popular movement at the turn of the century because of its connotatio... More

Deister Farmstead, Route 442, Stull, Douglas County, KS

Deister Farmstead, Route 442, Stull, Douglas County, KS

Significance: The Deister Farmstead is representative of a way of life on a working farm in the early years of Kansas' history. Henry Deister bought the farm in the late 1860s and is typical of the large number... More

Deister Farmstead, Route 442, Stull, Douglas County, KS

Deister Farmstead, Route 442, Stull, Douglas County, KS

Significance: The Deister Farmstead is representative of a way of life on a working farm in the early years of Kansas' history. Henry Deister bought the farm in the late 1860s and is typical of the large number... More

Ellis Island, Main Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Main Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York Count...

Significance: Having served as the entrance to the United States at the nation's largest port for over seventy percent of immigrants entering this country from 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island is the most important i... More

Ellis Island, Main Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Main Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York Count...

Significance: Having served as the entrance to the United States at the nation's largest port for over seventy percent of immigrants entering this country from 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island is the most important i... More

Ellis Island, Main Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Main Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York Count...

Significance: Having served as the entrance to the United States at the nation's largest port for over seventy percent of immigrants entering this country from 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island is the most important i... More

Ellis Island, Main Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Main Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York Count...

Significance: Having served as the entrance to the United States at the nation's largest port for over seventy percent of immigrants entering this country from 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island is the most important i... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

6 P.M. April 23, 1909. Sweepers, etc., in Hill and Bates Mills. Lewiston, Me. Boy next to right hand end is Jo. Been in Hill Mill 2 years (see photo 709). Only one or two could speak English.  Location: Lewiston, Maine.

6 P.M. April 23, 1909. Sweepers, etc., in Hill and Bates Mills. Lewist...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Twin Oaks Dairy, Northwest of Metcalfe Road, off State Route 101 (Monterey Road), Coyote, Santa Clara County, CA

Twin Oaks Dairy, Northwest of Metcalfe Road, off State Route 101 (Mont...

Significance: This complex is representative of agricultural development in Santa Clara County during the early twentieth century. The barns and milk processing structures are similar to those found in many da... More

U.S. Customs Service Port of Roosville, U.S. Customs Service Residence, 45 feet northwest of Main Port Building, Eureka, Lincoln County, MT

U.S. Customs Service Port of Roosville, U.S. Customs Service Residence...

Significance: Built in 1933, the U.S. Customs Service (USCS) Residence is an integral component of the historic border station complex comprising the Port of Roosville. The building served as a dwelling provid... More

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King ...

Significance: The U.S. Immigrant Station and Assay Office (Federal Building, Immigration and Naturalization Service), is significant both architecturally and culturally. Built for the Immigration and Naturaliza... More

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King ...

Significance: The U.S. Immigrant Station and Assay Office (Federal Building, Immigration and Naturalization Service), is significant both architecturally and culturally. Built for the Immigration and Naturaliza... More

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King County, WA

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King ...

Significance: The U.S. Immigrant Station and Assay Office (Federal Building, Immigration and Naturalization Service), is significant both architecturally and culturally. Built for the Immigration and Naturaliza... More

Town of Mount Union, Near U.S. Highway 522, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, PA

Town of Mount Union, Near U.S. Highway 522, Mount Union, Huntingdon Co...

See also HABS PA-5973 for related information. Significance: For the first half of the 20th century, Mt. Union was a center of refractory brick manufacture. Three brick plants were built early in the century an... More

Town of Mount Union, Near U.S. Highway 522, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, PA

Town of Mount Union, Near U.S. Highway 522, Mount Union, Huntingdon Co...

See also HABS PA-5973 for related information. Significance: For the first half of the 20th century, Mt. Union was a center of refractory brick manufacture. Three brick plants were built early in the century an... More

[Immigrants in English class given by Training Service of the Department of Labor in Ford Motor Co. Factory, Detroit, Michigan]

[Immigrants in English class given by Training Service of the Departme...

National Photo Company Collection. Treas. 46. Public domain photograph of a car, history of automobile design, car model, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Customs Service Port of Roosville, Main Port Building, U.S. Highway 93, immediately south of U.S.-Canadian border, Eureka, Lincoln County, MT

U.S. Customs Service Port of Roosville, Main Port Building, U.S. Highw...

Significance: Built in 1933, the Main Port Building Port of Roosville is an excellent example of federal border station architecture produced by the Treasury Department during the 1930s along the U.S.-Canada bo... More

Moulton Place, 89-91 High Street, Newburyport, Essex County, MA

Moulton Place, 89-91 High Street, Newburyport, Essex County, MA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS MA-216 Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1925 Subsequent Work

Eden Publishing House, 1712-1724 Chouteau Avenue, Lafayette Square, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Eden Publishing House, 1712-1724 Chouteau Avenue, Lafayette Square, Sa...

Significance: The building served as headquarters for retail and printing operations of the Eden Publishing Company from 1869 to 1979. Several expansions occurred throughout the company's time of occupation. ... More

Eden Publishing House, 1712-1724 Chouteau Avenue, Lafayette Square, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Eden Publishing House, 1712-1724 Chouteau Avenue, Lafayette Square, Sa...

Significance: The building served as headquarters for retail and printing operations of the Eden Publishing Company from 1869 to 1979. Several expansions occurred throughout the company's time of occupation. ... More

Town of Star Junction, State Route 51, Star Junction, Fayette County, PA

Town of Star Junction, State Route 51, Star Junction, Fayette County, ...

See also HAER PA-321 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: Most of the houses in Star Junction were built by the Washington Coal & Coke Company in the 1890s. The company operated a cok... More

Temple Beth Hillel, 547 Irving Avenue, Millville, Cumberland County, NJ

Temple Beth Hillel, 547 Irving Avenue, Millville, Cumberland County, N...

2006 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Russian immigrant families settled in Carmel in the late 19th century and early 20th century and a priority of these first citizens was the expression of thei... More

[Group of emigrants (women and children) from eastern Europe on deck of the S.S. Amsterdam]

[Group of emigrants (women and children) from eastern Europe on deck o...

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Who's Afraid of Women Photographers?" at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France, Oct. 2015-Jan. 2016.

[Group of emigrants (women and children) from eastern Europe on deck of the S.S. Amsterdam]

[Group of emigrants (women and children) from eastern Europe on deck o...

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Who's Afraid of Women Photographers?" at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France, Oct. 2015-Jan. 2016.

Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More

Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More

Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More

Archie Morrison Rental House, 180 Frisco Street, Clifton, Greenlee County, AZ

Archie Morrison Rental House, 180 Frisco Street, Clifton, Greenlee Cou...

Significance: This house is typical of rental houses constructed in Clifton between about 1900 and 1920. Survey number: HABS AZ-168 Building/structure dates: 1904 Initial Construction National Register of Hi... More

Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State Pier, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State...

Significance: ERNESTINA is an example of Essex fishing schooner design and has been used for a variety of purposes. She worked in Grand Banks fishing during the peak of sail and is the oldest surviving Grand B... More

Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State Pier, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State...

Significance: ERNESTINA is an example of Essex fishing schooner design and has been used for a variety of purposes. She worked in Grand Banks fishing during the peak of sail and is the oldest surviving Grand B... More

Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State Pier, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State...

Significance: ERNESTINA is an example of Essex fishing schooner design and has been used for a variety of purposes. She worked in Grand Banks fishing during the peak of sail and is the oldest surviving Grand B... More

Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State Pier, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State...

Significance: ERNESTINA is an example of Essex fishing schooner design and has been used for a variety of purposes. She worked in Grand Banks fishing during the peak of sail and is the oldest surviving Grand B... More

Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State Pier, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State...

Significance: ERNESTINA is an example of Essex fishing schooner design and has been used for a variety of purposes. She worked in Grand Banks fishing during the peak of sail and is the oldest surviving Grand B... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Avenue at Hudson River, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Av...

Significance: The ferry slips, sheds, and concourses comprise the harborside element of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, which is a National Register site. The terminal is the la... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Avenue at Hudson River, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Av...

Significance: The ferry slips, sheds, and concourses comprise the harborside element of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, which is a National Register site. The terminal is the la... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Avenue at Hudson River, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Av...

Significance: The ferry slips, sheds, and concourses comprise the harborside element of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, which is a National Register site. The terminal is the la... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Avenue at Hudson River, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Av...

Significance: The ferry slips, sheds, and concourses comprise the harborside element of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, which is a National Register site. The terminal is the la... More

U. S. Border Inspection Station, 103 Cherry Street, Sumas, Whatcom County, WA

U. S. Border Inspection Station, 103 Cherry Street, Sumas, Whatcom Cou...

Significance: The Border Inspection Station at Sumas is one of the early small buildings built by the federal government in Washington State. It is also an example of a prototypical "northern type" United Stat... More

U. S. Border Inspection Station, 103 Cherry Street, Sumas, Whatcom County, WA

U. S. Border Inspection Station, 103 Cherry Street, Sumas, Whatcom Cou...

Significance: The Border Inspection Station at Sumas is one of the early small buildings built by the federal government in Washington State. It is also an example of a prototypical "northern type" United Stat... More

U. S. Border Inspection Station, 103 Cherry Street, Sumas, Whatcom County, WA

U. S. Border Inspection Station, 103 Cherry Street, Sumas, Whatcom Cou...

Significance: The Border Inspection Station at Sumas is one of the early small buildings built by the federal government in Washington State. It is also an example of a prototypical "northern type" United Stat... More

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Lock, On Delaware Canal, North of Hamilton, East of George Street, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Lock, On Delaware Canal, North of Hamilton, ...

Significance: Lock 13 was one of 14 locks in a canal totaling 65.5 miles in length, connecting the Raritan River at New Brunswick, New Jersey, to the Delaware River at Bordentown and at Raven Rock, New Jersey, ... More

Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station & Train Shed, Corner of Louisville (Railroad) Road & West Broad Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station & Train Shed, Corner of ...

Significance: The Central of Georgia Terminal and Trainshed at Savannah are part of one of the earliest attempts to build a comprehensive railroad terminal and shop complex in this country. The structure of th... More

Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station & Train Shed, Corner of Louisville (Railroad) Road & West Broad Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station & Train Shed, Corner of ...

Significance: The Central of Georgia Terminal and Trainshed at Savannah are part of one of the earliest attempts to build a comprehensive railroad terminal and shop complex in this country. The structure of th... More

Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station & Train Shed, Corner of Louisville (Railroad) Road & West Broad Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station & Train Shed, Corner of ...

Significance: The Central of Georgia Terminal and Trainshed at Savannah are part of one of the earliest attempts to build a comprehensive railroad terminal and shop complex in this country. The structure of th... More

Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Measles Ward G, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Measles Ward G, New York Har...

Significance: Measles Ward G, constructed in 1907, is one of 11 individual treatment wards in the contagious disease hospital complex on Island 3. The building was one of eight wards designated as measles trea... More

Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Measles Ward G, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, Contagious Disease Hospital Measles Ward G, New York Har...

Significance: Measles Ward G, constructed in 1907, is one of 11 individual treatment wards in the contagious disease hospital complex on Island 3. The building was one of eight wards designated as measles trea... More

[Immigrants being transported on horse-drawn wagon, Buenos Aires, Argentina]

[Immigrants being transported on horse-drawn wagon, Buenos Aires, Arge...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph - immigration, immigrants, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Hoffman Island - Immigrants from smallpox ship held for observation]

[Hoffman Island - Immigrants from smallpox ship held for observation]

Immigrants behind fence and in building. H4552 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Miss E. A. Austen, Rosebank, Staten Island, N.Y. No. 3.

Detention pen--on roof of main building, Ellis Island, where emigrants held for deportation may go in fine weather

Detention pen--on roof of main building, Ellis Island, where emigrants...

Illus. in: Quarantine sketches. The Maltine Company, [1902], [p. 18]. Public domain photograph - immigration to the United States, immigrants, Ellis Island, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picry... More

Edward St. Germain and sister Delia. She has been working in Phoenix (R.I.) Mill for 8 months. He works also. They cannot speak English. Location: Phoenix, Rhode Island

Edward St. Germain and sister Delia. She has been working in Phoenix (...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 690. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Some of the boys working in Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vermont (see label to photo #730) for names. May 5, 1909. 6 P.M. [Caption #730: All these small boys, and more, work in the Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vt. Many of the smallest ones have been there from one to three years. Only a few could speak English. These are the names of some:- Lahule Julian, Walter Walker, Herman Rotte, Arsone Lussier, Addones Oduet, Arthur Oduet, Alder Campbell, Eddie Marcotte, John Lavigne, Jo Bowdeon, Phil Lecryer, Joseph Granger. A small mill.]  Location: Burlington, Vermont.

Some of the boys working in Chace Cotton Mill, Burlington, Vermont (se...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

"Steamer Glass i.e. class" in Hancock School, Boston. Immigrant children. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

"Steamer Glass i.e. class" in Hancock School, Boston. Immigrant childr...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 861. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

Pullman Industrial Complex, 111th Street & Cottage Grove Avenue vicinity, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Pullman Industrial Complex, 111th Street & Cottage Grove Avenue vicini...

Significance: Between 1880 and 1883 the Pullman Palace Car Company built a complete factory and town on the shore of Lake Calumet for the purpose of building railroad rolling stock. It was among America's firs... More

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth & Twenty-first Streets, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...

Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth & Twenty-first Streets, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...

Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth & Twenty-first Streets, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...

Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth & Twenty-first Streets, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...

Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth & Twenty-first Streets, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...

Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth & Twenty-first Streets, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...

Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth & Twenty-first Streets, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...

Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth & Twenty-first Streets, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...

Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth & Twenty-first Streets, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Russell Neighborhood, Bounded by Congress & Esquire Alley, Fifteenth &...

Significance: Founded by German and Irish immigrants, the west Louisville area was expanded by African Americans after the Civil War. The significance of the Russell neighborhood lies in its rich history as an... More

Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, ...

See Written Historical & Desriptive Data pages for reduced copies of drawings. Significance: The Schoenhofen Brewery has historic significance as the only major pre-Prohibition brewery in Chicago to have its st... More

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