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Pictorial Americana

Selected Images from the Collections of the Library of Congress


IMMIGRATION

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Landing from an emigrant ship

Landing from an emigrant ship. Wood engraving in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, June 14, 1851.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-8129

mmigrant party of Swedes

Immigrant party of Swedes. Wood engraving in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, July 26, 1851.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-2027

Emigrant-landing in New York

Emigrant-landing in New York. Wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, June 26, 1858.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-916

Irish emigrants leaving their home for America. The mail coach from Cahirciveen, County Kerry, Ireland

Irish emigrants leaving their home for America. The mail coach from Cahirciveen, County Kerry, Ireland. Wood engraving in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Jan. 20, 1866.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-2022

Departure of a colony of emigrants for Colorado

Departure of a colony of emigrants for Colorado. Wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, March 26, 1870.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-744

From the old to the new world. German emigrants for New York embarking on a Hamburg steamer

From the old to the new world. German emigrants for New York embarking on a Hamburg steamer. Wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, November 7, 1874.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-2054

Only an emigrant. (Music cover.)

Only an emigrant. (Music cover.) Lithograph, 1879.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-19425

New York City. Health officers vaccinating Russian and Polish emigrants on board the steamship Victoria at quarantine, April 25th

New York City. Health officers vaccinating Russian and Polish emigrants on board the steamship "Victoria" at quarantine, April 25th. Wood engraving in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 14, 1881.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-743

Unrestricted immigration and its results. A possible curiosity of the Twentieth Century. The last Yankee. (Cartoon.)

Unrestricted immigration and its results. A possible curiosity of the Twentieth Century. The last Yankee. (Cartoon.). Reproduction in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Sept. 8, 1888, of pen & ink drawing by Matt Morgan.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-2170

Immigrants aboard ship

Immigrants aboard ship. Photograph by Wm. H. Rau, 1902.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-7307

U.S. inspectors examining eyes of immigrants, Ellis Island, N.Y.

U.S. inspectors examining eyes of immigrants, Ellis Island, N.Y. Photograph by Underwood & Underwood, 1913.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-7386

 

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