Jewish Immigrants on the SS Patricia

Edwin Levick

1907

A ship deck filled with people. — Immigrants on a ship from Hamburg, Germany, arriving in New York, December 10, 1906. They were among the 15 million immigrants who came to the United States between 1900 and 1915. Most of the immigrants in this wave came from Italy, Poland, and Russia.

Immigrants on a ship from Hamburg, Germany, arriving in New York, December 10, 1906. They were among the 15 million immigrants who came to the United States between 1900 and 1915. Most of the immigrants in this wave came from Italy, Poland, and Russia.

Credits

Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (LC-DIG-ds-11826).

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 7.

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Creator Bio

Edwin Levick

1868–1929

Born in England into the family of the Malta-born British vice-consul to Suez, Edwin Levick was educated in European schools in Egypt and the Far East. He studied photography in Paris before immigrating to New York at the turn of the century. He initially found work as a reporter but came to specialize in photojournalism, particularly events, sports, and marine activities. His works appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, and the New York Herald Tribune.