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Great Hall, Ellis Island Immigration Museum

Interior view of the Great Hall(blt.1900), of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. The building is one of New Yokrs few grand-scale brick buildings. The wonderful vaulted ceiling is the work of the Gustavinos, a family of tile makers from Spain. It waas installed in 1918. The room itself is 338 Ft. long by 168 feet wide.This was the room into which immigrants were first brought into to be examined and processed. It was restored in 1991 and is now part of the Ellis Island-Statue of Liberty National Monument. The island is located at the mouth of New York Harbor on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. The ownership of the island is shared by the two states.
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Great Hall, Ellis Island Immigration Museum
Caption:
Interior view of the Great Hall(blt.1900), of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. The building is one of New Yokrs few grand-scale brick buildings. The wonderful vaulted ceiling is the work of the Gustavinos, a family of tile makers from Spain. It waas installed in 1918. The room itself is 338 Ft. long by 168 feet wide.This was the room into which immigrants were first brought into to be examined and processed. It was restored in 1991 and is now part of the Ellis Island-Statue of Liberty National Monument. The island is located at the mouth of New York Harbor on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. The ownership of the island is shared by the two states.
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Album / Science Source / Rafael Macia
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4347 x 5477 px | 68.1 MB
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36.8 x 46.4 cm | 14.5 x 18.3 in (300 dpi)
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