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United States Barge Office, ca. 1910. This building served as the first federal immigration processing center from April 1890 to December 1891 for the period after the federal government fully assumed the immigration process, but before Ellis Island was opened. Immigration processing would return to this building in 1897 for three years after the wood-frame facility on Ellis Island burned down. The United States Barge Building was constructed in 1882 on the east edge of Battery Park. The turreted building was the location of various municipal bureaus, including the customs administration. The pictured building was demolished and replaced with a new Barge Office in 1913. In turn, that building was demolished for the Battery Park Underpass in the late 1940s. When it was torn down, it marked the first time since the Civil War that the city did not have a building bearing that name.
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Statue of John Ericsson outside the United States Barge Office, the Battery, New York City, undated (ca. 1890-1910). Emulsion damage.
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The United States Barge Office, the Battery, New York City, undated (ca. 1890-1910).
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Barge Office, Battery, New York City, April 17, 1902.
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U. S. Barge Office, Foot of Whitehall St.
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Barge Office, U.S.I. Dept. Battery Park
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Barge Office, Battery, N.Y.
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\[U.S. Barge Office from Battery Park.]
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Manhattan: Battery Park - Barge Office. Battery Park: A set of three views in an eastward direction and showing the Barge Office on the right. Beyond same is the South Ferry Terminus of the Elevated Lines. July 4th, 1937. P.L. Sperr.
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Manhattan: Battery Park - U.S. Barge Office - Ellis Island Building. (1) Battery Park: The U.S. Barge Office and Ellis Island Ferry Building, as viewed eastward. On the right appears the skyline of Brooklyn. September 6, 1937. P.L. Sperr. (2) Another view of the same structure; this time in a northward direction and showing across the roof of same, structures on West Street. October 1937. P.L. Sperr.
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Manhattan: Battery Park - U.S. Barge Office. (1) Battery Park: A view of the U.S. Barge Office, on the water's edge, at the southeastern corner of the Park. Partially shown, at the rear of the same, is the South Ferry Landing. These have been replaces, as shown in View No. 3. About 1900 August Loeffler P. L. Sperr Collection (2) A northward view of same, from the water. Note to the left of same, the old Washington Building and to the right, the Produce Exchange Building; all bearing flags. This point, the southernmost tip of Manhattan, is the confluence of the North (Hudson) and the East Rivers, forming what is known as the Upper Bay. About 1905 (3) A similar view of the locality seen in No. 1 and showing the new building that replaced the old Barge Office. Summer 1924. P. L. Sperr.
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Manhattan: Battery Park - Barge Office. Battery Park: A set of three views in an eastward direction and showing the Barge Office on the right. Beyond same is the South Ferry Terminus of the Elevated Lines. July 4th, 1937. P.L. Sperr.
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Manhattan: Battery Park - U.S. Barge Office. (1) Battery Park: A view of the U.S. Barge Office, on the water's edge, at the southeastern corner of the Park. Partially shown, at the rear of the same, is the South Ferry Landing. These have been replaces, as shown in View No. 3. About 1900 August Loeffler P. L. Sperr Collection (2) A northward view of same, from the water. Note to the left of same, the old Washington Building and to the right, the Produce Exchange Building; all bearing flags. This point, the southernmost tip of Manhattan, is the confluence of the North (Hudson) and the East Rivers, forming what is known as the Upper Bay. About 1905 (3) A similar view of the locality seen in No. 1 and showing the new building that replaced the old Barge Office. Summer 1924. P. L. Sperr.
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Manhattan: Battery Park - U.S. Barge Office - Ellis Island Building. (1) Battery Park: The U.S. Barge Office and Ellis Island Ferry Building, as viewed eastward. On the right appears the skyline of Brooklyn. September 6, 1937. P.L. Sperr. (2) Another view of the same structure; this time in a northward direction and showing across the roof of same, structures on West Street. October 1937. P.L. Sperr.
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Barge Office, Emmigrants Entrance to the U.St., New York
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The Barge Office The Barge Office \[printed on recto] Exterior view of office building with men and women walking along the path in the foreground. Scrapbook page from "Views of New York City, Brooklyn, and Other Places Vol. 3", by Eugene Armbruster.
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