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Italian family looking for lost baggage, Ellis Island

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Image ID

79878


Item data

Title

Italian family looking for lost baggage, Ellis Island

Collection

Portraits of immigrants at Ellis Island, New York

Names

Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940 (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1905

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: MFZ (Hine) 93-6226
Shelf locator: 91PH056.002

Subjects

Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
Luggage
Families
Clothing & dress
Italians

Genres

Photographs
Portraits

Notes

Acquisition: Romana Javitz Collection; transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991.
Statement Of Responsibility: L. W. Hine.

Physical Description

Extent: 6 7/8 X 4 7/8 in. 17.3 X 12.3 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG93-F175
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11970056
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 142deb40-c62a-012f-0c3f-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Italian family looking for lost baggage, Ellis Island" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1905. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/142deb40-c62a-012f-0c3f-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1905). Italian family looking for lost baggage, Ellis Island Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/142deb40-c62a-012f-0c3f-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Italian family looking for lost baggage, Ellis Island" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/142deb40-c62a-012f-0c3f-58d385a7bc34

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