Postcard: Ellis Island - Immigrant Depot, New York. Postmarked N.Y., May 24, 1906.
Entry/Object ID
2014.021.0013
Scope and Content
Postcard: Ellis Island - Immigrant Depot, New York. Postmarked New York, May 24, 1906.
Chromolithographed card, 3-1/2" x 5-7/16" wide. Undivided back. Text in pencil in lower border front.
Publisher: unstated
Stock no.: unstated
View of the main building with immigrant passenger barge "William Fletcher" docked in slip.
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ferry / immigration / emigrants / emigration
Acquisition
Accession
2014.021
Source or Donor
Purchase
Acquisition Method
Purchase
Credit Line
Museum Collections.
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1906 - 1906
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1906
Date(s): 1906
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Notes: Immigrant barge William Fletcher was in use until it sank in New York Harbor on March 21, 1910. (May also be called a ferry or ferryboat.)
A side-wheel steamer, it was built in 1864. Operated by the John E. Moore Co.
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Exhibition 2014: Hoboken, Ellis Island, and the Immigrant Experience, 1892-1924
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2014-05-18
