Immigrants
Immigrants
on an
Atlantic
Liner
Immigrants
coming to
a land of
freedom.
Immigrants
aboard a ship
heading for the
Port of New
York, circa 1892.
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Immigrants
aboard a ship
heading for
the Port of
New York,
circa 1892.
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An ocean steamer (big boat) passing the Statue of Liberty,
Scene on the steerage deck
Waiting for Ellis Island Ferry
Immigrants on Ellis Island wait for the ferry
after disembarking (getting off) from their ship,
1911.
Public domain. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540. LC-USZ6221220. In Wayne Moquin, ed., Makers of America, Vol. 6, William Benton, Publisher, 1971, p. 228.
Immigrants walk off the ship and onto Ellis Island
CREDIT: "New York, N.Y., immigrants' landing, Ellis Island." Detroit Publishing Compan
between 1910 and 1920. Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit
Publishing Company, 1880-1920, Library of Congress
Immigrants at
Ellis Island
waiting for the
registration
clerk
Four emigrants
and their
belongings
Italian
immigrant
family at
Ellis Island
"A family of English immigrants arrive in the New World, 1908."
Public domain. Sherman Collection, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, N.W
Washington, DC 20240. In Oscar Handlin, A Pictorial History of Immigration, 1972, p. 187.
Awaiting examination at Ellis Island
Examination
Hall, Ellis Island
The waiting and processing hall on Ellis Island, c. 1910.
"The pens at Ellis Island, main hall.
These people have passed the first mental inspection."
Copyright holder unknown. Edwin Levick photo. William Williams Collection, U.S. History, Local History &
Genealogy Division, New York Public Library, 1211 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036. In Allon
Schoener, Portal to America, 1967, p. 37.
Immigrants penned up by nationality on Ellis Island.
On an average day, 4000 newcomers were processed,
but 3000 of them had to stay overnight. c. 1910.
Copyright holder unknown. Edwin Levick photo. New York Public Library, 1211 Ave. of the Americas, New
York, NY 10036. In Eds. of Time-Life Books, This Fabulous Century, 1900-1910, 1970, pp. 74-5.
Immigrants being given a mental test at Ellis Island.
photo courtesy of the National Park Service, Statue of Liberty National Monument
Eye
examination at
Ellis Island
U.S. Inspectors
examining eyes
of immigrants,
Ellis Island,
New York
harbor
Immigration officials perform medical examinations
on each arriving passenger.
courtesy of the National Park Service www.ellisisland.org
Woman being given
health examination
by physicians
(doctors) at Ellis
Island.
Public domain. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
Washington, DC 20528. In Bernard A. Weisberger, The
American Heritage History of the American People,
1971, p. 278.
Men's dormitory (bedroom) on Ellis Island, c. 1920.
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