Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Immigrants at Quarantine station on Hoffman Island] |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
copyright 1901 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. A group of men and boys stand behind a rope and a metal fence; many of them look toward the camera. They are in front of a large two-story brick building; several more men look out the windows. (Keywords: Early Twentieth Century, New York City) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
This photo shows immigrants who were temporarily held at the Quarantine station on Hoffman Island, just off the coast of Staten Island, New York. Immigrants who were suspected of having contagious diseases such as smallpox or cholera were detained until it was considered safe for them to continue on to Ellis Island. |
Earliest Date |
1898 |
Latest Date |
1901 |
Subjects |
Quarantines |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.5721 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, September 2013. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |