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Vessels | Company Logos | Maps & Charts | Ports of the World | Immigration Stations Wards Island Immigration Station circa 1871-1872 Photos from the New York Times courtesy of M. Smith.Ward Island was the home of the New York State facilities for the detention and treatment of destitute or sick arriving immigrants. (Note: Verplanck was one of New York's early Commissioners of Emigration.) EngravingsView of the State Emigrant Refuge and Hospital Institutions, Ward's Island, from Immigration and the Commissioners of Emigration, by Fredrich Kapp (New York: Arno Press and the New York Times, 1969 [originals ca. early 1880's]).Engraved view of Verplanck State Emigrant Hospital (n.d.), from the Annual Report of the [New York] Commissioners of Emigration, 1871-72. PhotographsView of Verplanck State Emigrant Hospital, Ward's Island, New York Harbor, from the Annual Report of the [New York] Commissioners of Emigration, 1871-72. It appears the entire staff and patient population lined up for this photo.View of Ward's Island, New York Harbor, including the Female Refuge (or Male Barracks?), the Old Lunatic Asylum, rear of the Nursery Building, and the New Lunatic Asylum in the distance, from the Annual Report of the [New York] Commissioners of Emigration, 1871-72. View of Ward's Island from New York City, showing the Warden's residence, Opthalmic Hospital (or Male Hospital?), landing dock, the Verplanck Hospital (side view), the Nursery building, store house, and Female Refuge, with the Lunatic Asylum of the Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction in the distance, from the Annual Report of the [New York] Commissioners of Emigration, 1871-72.
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