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Photographer:
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940  Search this
Type:
Photographs
Date:
circa 1926
Place of publication, production, or execution:
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Physical Description:
1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Summary:
Black and white portrait photograph of an unidentified older immigrant, likely from South America, taken on Ellis Island.<br>Handwritten identification on verso in graphite: Jewish grandmother; Ellis Island. Date handwritten in graphite on verso in different hand: 1915.<br>Original title of photograph given by Hines: Jewish Grandmother, Ellis Island.<br>Date written on photograph as 1915. Date taken from dates of Hine's visits to Ellis Island and identical photograph in record 6702.<br>Photograph is cropped print of image in Digital ID: 6702. This record should be viewed with record 6702.<br>Handwritten identification on verso of Digital ID 6702: So-America-; Ellis Is-1926.
Citation:
Lewis Wickes Hine. Photograph of unidentified older immigrant, circa 1926. Elizabeth McCausland papers, 1838-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
Current copyright status is undetermined
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)6703
See more items in:
Elizabeth McCausland papers, 1838-1995, bulk 1920-1960
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_6703