Content: "Lawns and hedges after one year's growth," according to Commissioner Williams (Vol. I, p. 45 front, Williams scrapbooks); the date is therefore c. 1903. The absence of both the Singer Building (completed 1908) and the Woolworth Building (completed 1913) from the skyline further verifies the early date of the photograph.

Physical Description

Extent: 5 x 7 in.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG95-F135
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12326658
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 383e55d0-c6da-012f-2e69-58d385a7bc34

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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. "View of Ellis Island lawn, with New York skyline in distance." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1903. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/383e55d0-c6da-012f-2e69-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1903). View of Ellis Island lawn, with New York skyline in distance. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/383e55d0-c6da-012f-2e69-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "View of Ellis Island lawn, with New York skyline in distance." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/383e55d0-c6da-012f-2e69-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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