Williams Scrapbook photographs

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1902

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1910

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1. Typical of the grounds as I found them. Compare p. 65 [i.e., p. 67] & 45. View of the ground strewn with rubble.
2. Same description as above, but different view.
3. The Medical Inspection. Edwin Levick, photographer; no. 28232.
4. Lawns and Hedges after one year's growth. Compare p. 4.
5. Same description as above, but different view.
6. View of fenced garden, and guard.
7. View of fountain in garden.
8. New ferry boat 'Ellis Island'. [Similar to, but different from no. 42]
9. New boarding cutter 'Immigrant'. [Similar to, but different from no. 42.]
10. Commodius side-walks were laid around all buildings. View of side-walk; New York skyline in distance.
11. Roof Garden for detained children. Children at play.
12. Inspection Floor as rearranged with benches. Main Hall, U. S. Immigration Station, Ellis Island.
13. Low buildings on part of island opposite U. S. Immigration Station. These are apparently the hospital buildings constructed on an artificial island adjoining and connected to Ellis Island, and completed in 1905.
14. President Roosevelt visits Ellis Island, Sept. 16, 1903. Photographer signed his name 'Hare'.
15. Front view of the U. S. Immigration Station in winter. Immigrants can be seen entering.
16. Another Ellis Island structure in winter.
17. Winter Crossing, Battery Park to Ellis Island. View of icy water taken from ship.
18. Same description as above, but different view.
19. Lawns and Hedges after two year's growth. [sic]
20. Same description as above, but different view. [Similar to, but different from no. 36.
21. Boat docked at main entrance, U. S. Immigration Station. Edwin Levick, photographer; no. 7460.
22. Main Hall, U. S. Immigration Station, Ellis Island. [Duplicate of print which appears in v. I, p. 47, Williams scrapbooks].
23. Immigrants being registered at one end of the Main Hall, U. S. Immigration Station. Edwin Levick, photographer; no. 29016.
24. A bearded immigrant appearing before a board of inquiry. Edwin Levick, photographer; no. 28884.
25. A private interview between a young immigrant and an Ellis Island official. Two staff members [?] are also present. Edwin Levick, photographer; no. 28229.
26. Medical inspection of men. Edwin Levick, photographer. [Levick's negative number is cut off, but this view was apparently taken at the same time as his no. 28232, Photography Division no. 5, which shows women.]
27. Group of immigrants: man and woman with three children. [These are some of the same people who appear in no. 44 and are identified as Servian or Hungarian gypsies. This photo appears in Dunne, Thomas. Ellis Island (W. W. Norton & Co., 1971), p. [85].]
28. Two Dutch children in traditional costumes, including wooden shoes. The little girl is clutching her doll, and both hold passports. [This photo appears in Dunne, Thomas. Ellis Island (W. W. Norton & Co., 1971), p. [85].]
29. Group photograph of Hungarian Gypsies all of whom were deported, according to the caption which appears with this photograph in the Sunday Times [n.d., but 1905, just after Mr. Williams' resignation]. When the same photograph appeared in City Life and Mun
30. Portrait photograph of William Williams, Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island.
31. William Williams at his desk [front view].
32. William Williams at his desk [side view]. Edwin Levick, photographer; no. 28234.
33. President Taft and Commissioner Williams touring the Ellis Island facilities, Oct. 18, 1910.
34. Taft, Williams, and three others on Ellis Island, Oct. 18, 1910. Photograph copyright by G. G. Bain.
35. Same as above, but an untrimmed print. Copyright by George Grantham Bain.
36. Two amateur photographs showing damage done inside Ellis Island buildings by a dynamite disaster in New York bay, Feb. 2, 1916.
37. Six photographs, probably amateur, showing various exterior and interior views of Ellis Island.
38. Six photographs, probably amateur, showing various exterior and interior views of Ellis Island, including potted palm plants in a white-tiled hall, and the dining staff preparing a meal.
39. A group photograph of children, inscribed, To Mr. Williams: Hearty greetings from the Ellis Island immigrant children. July 12 - [19]12.
40. Similar to preceding photograph, inscribed, Best wishes to Mr. Williams from the Ellis Island children - July 12 - 1913.
41. Excellent view of the rear of the U. S. Immigration Station, Ellis Island.
42. View of the front of the U. S. Immigration Station, Ellis Island. [Duplicate of print which appears in v. I, p. 67, bottom, Williams scrapbooks.
43. Side view of Immigration Station showing lawn with arched trellises.
44. Ferry boat, the 'Ellis Island'.
45. Copy prints