Download - Immigrants - Ellis Island
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In 1890, faced with the growing difficulty of processing immigrants, the government decided to turn Ellis Island into an immigration station.
The size of the island was greatly increased with the use of landfill material, and a central hall was built along with dormitories, medical treatment facilities, and other administrative buildings.
All new entries to the United States had to go through Ellis Island for inspection before being allowed into the country.
1890 – Ellis Island before the expansion.
The promise of a dream - 1905
A young Sicilian immigrant - 1905
A young Irish immigrant - 1908
Immigrants from Ukraine - 1906
Processing Hall at Ellis Island - 1910
Immigrants being processed - 1911
Polish immigrant women wearing their I.D. tags - 1907
Russian mother and daughter - 1912
Ellis Island Madonna - 1911
German immigration papers - 1923
Greek immigrants - 1913
Immigrant children - 1914
Serbian immigrants - 1915
Immigrants in the over-flow yard waiting to be processed - 1912
Health inspection of arriving immigrants - 1913
Young Italian girl gets her first penny at Ellis Island - 1912
Immigrants waiting for ferry to New York City - 1905
Italian family on ferry leaving Ellis Island - 1919
Arriving on New York pier - 1907
Arriving on New York pier - 1909
Most immigrants settled in the ghettos of New York City - 1909