Irish emigrants leaving for New York in 1874

Emigrants leaving Queenstown for New York / M.F., wood engraving, 1874, unknown artist; source: Harper's Weekly, 26 September 1874, pp. 796–797, Library of Congress, Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-105528 (b&w film copy neg.), http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/92513178/.

Irish emigrants waiting for their ship passage to New York on the dock in Queenstown (Cobh), County Cork.

Emigrants leaving Queenstown for New York / M.F., woodcut, 1874, unknown artist; source: Harper's Weekly, 26 September 1874, pp. 796–797, Library of Congress, Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-105528 (b&w film copy neg.), http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/92513178/.