Shows the former theater at Battery Park used as the first examining and processing center for immigrants between 1855 and 1890. Building adorned with signage reading "Office of the Commission of Emigration. Castle Garden." View also includes sailing ships in the background., Title from publisher's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Inscribed in negative: 4584., Distributor's imprint partially stamped on verso: [McAllister Optician 627 Broadway New York]., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of New York., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Anthony - Government Buildings [5741.F.2c]
