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Print, Front Elevation, U.S. Immigrant Station, Ellis Island

This is a Print. It was architect: Whitney Warren Jr.. We acquired it in 1943. Its medium is photostat on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. William Greenough. It is credited Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.

Its dimensions are

7 × 19.1 cm (2 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, recto: Ellis Isl. Immigrant Station Nov. 1897

Cite this object as

Print, Front Elevation, U.S. Immigrant Station, Ellis Island; Architect: Whitney Warren Jr. (American, 1864–1943); USA; photostat on paper; 7 × 19.1 cm (2 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.); Gift of Mrs. William Greenough; 1943-51-362

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