Date: Commissioner Williams captioned this photograph "Inspection floor as rearranged with benches." (Vol. I, p. 47 front, Williams scrapbooks.) The 46-star American flag hanging from the balcony indicates that this photograph was taken between 1907 and 1912.

Physical Description

Extent: 5 x 7 in.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG95-F135
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12326658
Photo Order: 67020
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 39da9ad0-c6da-012f-44dc-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Immigrants seated on long benches, Main Hall, U.S. Immigration Station" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1902 - 1913. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/39da9ad0-c6da-012f-44dc-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1902 - 1913). Immigrants seated on long benches, Main Hall, U.S. Immigration Station Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/39da9ad0-c6da-012f-44dc-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Immigrants seated on long benches, Main Hall, U.S. Immigration Station" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/39da9ad0-c6da-012f-44dc-58d385a7bc34

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