Events / New York

Immigrant Nation: People in Transit

Tuesday, September 8, 20267:00 PM
When moving images were invented at the turn of the 20th century, films showing people in transit were suddenly available to audiences who only dreamed of traveling. In Immigrant Nation’s opening program, immigrants arriving at Ellis Island are captured by camera operators of Thomas Edison and the Biograph Company after sailing by the Statue of Liberty.

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