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Labor Exchange established

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A 'free market for all kinds of emigrant labor' which placed 10,325 people the first year; with average compensation of $18/ mon for males; $9/ mon for females was begun by The Commissioner of Emigration as a Labor Exchange.

Established, 1867

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Castle Clinton National Monument, Battery Park - Liberty Island, New York, NY 10004, USA

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The Labor Exchange interior views

1869

Debarcadere de Castle Garden

1868

The labor exchange - emigrants on the Battery in front of Castle Garden

1868

The Labor Exchange - interior views of the office at Castle Garden

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