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Climbing into the Land of Promise, Ellis Island by Lewis Wickes Hine — VisualArtsDB

Climbing into the Land of Promise, Ellis Island

Climbing into the Land of Promise, Ellis Island

Lewis Wickes Hine

1908

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: sheet: 20.3 x 12.5 cm (8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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