Photo Record
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![E. Alice Austen, [James W. Wadsworth Disinfecting Boat], ca. 1896](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_1172/003/thumbs/19959812.jpg)
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2021.002.011 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
[James W. Wadsworth Disinfecting Boat] |
Photographer |
Austen, Alice, 1866-1952 |
Collection |
Alice Austen House Museum Collection |
Date |
ca. 1896 |
Description |
Original black and white print. View of the quarantine boat the James W. Wadsworth in the water. A large crowd stands on the boats deck many have bags at their feet they are likely going to or from one of the quarantine stations. Part of another boat is visible at left possibly one of the other two quarantine boats in use by the doctors to take patients to and from the stations. The James W. Wadsworth was the only one with on board disinfecting facilities. |
Print size |
8 x 9.5 in. |
Medium |
Photographic Paper |
Search Terms |
Quarantine |
Subjects |
Boat Immigrants Immigration stations Quarantines |