Acquisition: Romana Javitz Collection; transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991.
Statement Of Responsibility: L. W. Hine.
Content: Photograph was acquired in 1947 by the Picture Collection (Source 12810), and filed with this group of Hine photographs of Ellis Island subjects which already included another copy of this image.
Content: Typed caption on another print reproduced in Peter Mesenhöller "Augustus F. Sherman: Ellis Island Portraits 1905-1920" (c1905) p.128: "Jakob Mittelstadt and family, Russian German, ex SS 'Pretoria', May 9, 1905. Admitted to go to Kullen, N.D."

Physical Description

Extent: 4 3/4 X 6 3/4 in. 12.2 X 17.3 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG93-F175
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11970056
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 17f5c1d0-c62a-012f-02fc-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. "A family of seven sons and one daughter, Ellis Island" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1904 - 1926. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/17f5c1d0-c62a-012f-02fc-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1904 - 1926). A family of seven sons and one daughter, Ellis Island Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/17f5c1d0-c62a-012f-02fc-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "A family of seven sons and one daughter, Ellis Island" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/17f5c1d0-c62a-012f-02fc-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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