The NYPL now has a flickr account and has started the process of putting up bits of it’s photo collection. I’m sure this is going to be an amazing resource soon, and you can still find their fantastic library of photos online at their own site. Photo of a German Stowaway at Ellis Island.
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New York Public Library
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New York Public Library’s Digital Gallery
I’d been looking through NYPL’s Digital Gallery for class (I’m doing a magazine spread on Art Nouveau) when I found this collection of Lewis Wickes Hine’s photos. He documented child labor, Ellis Island Immigrants, working and domestic conditions in America between 1905-1938. These photos are beautiful because they are a dark part of our history.
A family of seven sons and one daughter, Ellis Island, New York (1904-1926, some printed later)
Jennie is 51 inches tall…, December 1908 (1908)
Sadie Pfeifer, 48 inches tall…, November 1908 [Cotton mills N-362] (1908)
