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Children on the playground at Ellis Island, 1926

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Image ID

212162


Item data

Title

Children on the playground at Ellis Island, 1926

Collection

Series of photographic documents of social conditions, 1905-1939
Unit I, Immigration, (1), Ellis Island, scenes and personalities

Names

Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940 (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1905 - 1926 (Approximate)

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: MFZ (Hine) 95-33

Subjects

Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
Emigration and immigration -- United States -- 20th century
Children playing -- New York (State) -- New York
Playgrounds

Genres

Photographs

Notes

Ownership: Transferred from U.S. History, Local History and Geneology Division, 1988; Gift of the Russell Sage Foundation

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12326660
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG95-F73
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12326669
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bd50df80-c608-012f-4734-58d385a7bc34

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. "Children on the playground at Ellis Island, 1926" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1905 - 1926. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd50df80-c608-012f-4734-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1905 - 1926). Children on the playground at Ellis Island, 1926 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd50df80-c608-012f-4734-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Children on the playground at Ellis Island, 1926" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd50df80-c608-012f-4734-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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