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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
 33 b&w photos |  2 data pages |  2 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Ellis Island, Main Building, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY
CALL NUMBER:
HABS NY,31-ELLIS,1C-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 33 (5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.
CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HABS NY-6086-C
Building/structure dates: 1900 initial construction
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 immigration depot still standing. Over 16 million people passed through the main building on their way to their new homeland.
SUBJECTS:
NEW YORK--New York County--New York
OTHER TITLE:
Statue of Liberty National Monument
COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ny1604
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF MAIN BUILDING FROM WEST ACROSS FERRY SLIP
2. VIEW FROM WEST
3. SOUTHWEST FRONT
4. VIEW FROM SOUTH ACROSS FERRY SLIP
5. GENERAL VIEW ALONG NORTHEAST REAR OF BUILDING, FROM NORTH
6. NORTHEAST REAR, CENTER PORTION SHOWING TOWERS
7. DETAIL SHOWING WEST TOWER FROM NORTH
8. DETAIL SHOWING NORTH TOWER FROM NORTHEAST
9. DETAIL SHOWING SOUTH TOWER FROM SOUTHEAST
10. SOUTHEAST END OF NORTHEAST REAR SIDE OF MAIN BUILDING
11. LOOKING SOUTH ALONG ROOF OF BAGGAGE AND DORMITORY BUILDING TOWARD MAIN BUILDING; STATUE OF LIBERTY IS VISIBLE (UNDER SCAFFOLDING) AT FAR RIGHT
12. DETAIL OF COPPER CORNICE
13. DETAIL SHOWING ROOF WALL AND SOUTH TOWER OF MAIN BUILDING
14. DETAIL SHOWING SECTION OF WALL BORDERING ROOF, SOUTHWEST SIDE OF BUILDING
15. LOOKING DOWN FROM MAIN BUILDING INTO NORTH COURTYARD
16. LOOKING DOWN FROM MAIN BUILDING ONTO COVERED WALKWAY, NORTH COURTYARD
17. LOOKING SOUTH TOWARD STATUE OF LIBERTY FROM ROOF OF MAIN BUILDING
18. LARGE NORTHEAST ROOM, FIRST FLOOR, LOOKING FROM NORTH CORNER TO SOUTH CORNER
19. LARGE NORTHEAST ROOM, FIRST FLOOR, WEST CORNER
20. LARGE NORTHEAST ROOM, FIRST FLOOR, DETAIL SHOWING WALL OF WINDOWS AND CENTRAL TRUSS
21. MAIN ROOM OF FIRST FLOOR, LOOKING SOUTHEAST ALONG SOUTHWEST FRONT WALL
22. MAIN ROOM OF FIRST FLOOR, LOOKING NORTHWEST TOWARD LARGE STAIRWAY
23. MAIN ROOM OF FIRST FLOOR, VIEW OF NORTHEAST WALL AND COLUMNS
24. MAIN ROOM OF FIRST FLOOR, DETAIL SHOWING TRIPLE WINDOW OF SOUTHWEST WALL
25. DETAIL OF AN INTERIOR ROOM, NORTHWEST END OF BUILDING, WEST CORNER, FIRST FLOOR, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
26. DETAIL OF TYPICAL OCTAGONAL BRICK COLUMN, FIRST FLOOR, SOUTH QUADRANT OF MAIN BUILDING
27. DETAIL VIEW IN SPACE ADJACENT TO WEST HALLWAY LEADING TO LARGE STAIRCASE, FIRST FLOOR, WEST QUADRANT OF BUILDING
28. DETAIL OF LARGE STAIRCASE, NORTHWEST END OF BUILDING, FIRST FLOOR, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
29. DETAIL OF SMALL INTERIOR STAIR TO SECOND FLOOR, FIRST FLOOR, WEST CORNER OF BUILDING
30. DETAIL OF ELEVATOR, SECOND FLOOR, EAST CORNER, FROM SOUTHWEST
31. VIEW IN GREAT HALL LOOKING NORTHWEST, THIRD FLOOR OF MAIN BUILDING
32. DETAIL OF WINDOW, SOUTHWEST WALL OF GREAT HALL, THIRD FLOOR
33. DETAIL OF WINDOW, SOUTHWEST WALL OF GREAT HALL, THIRD FLOOR
CONTROL #:
NY1604
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