Barge Office

Barge Office
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Title: Barge Office
Description:

Exterior view of the Barge Office, a large, Romanesque building located at Battery Park, used for the processing of incoming immigrants after Ellis Island fire. The building was designed by James G. Hill and was erected in 1880.

Date: 1892
Location: Battery Park (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Creator: Wilcox, Julius.
More Details: Date from WILC 0017, title page of photograph album containing original images.
Original cyanotype image has number: 107d.
Title from inscription below image on recto.
Collection: Julius Wilcox
Subject: Barge Office (New York, N.Y.)
Immigrants
Office buildings
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: WILC 0433