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Page 1: Immigrants. Immigrants on an Atlantic Liner Immigrants coming to a land of freedom

Immigrants

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Immigrants on an Atlantic

Liner

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Immigrants coming to a land of freedom.

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Immigrants aboard a ship heading for the Port of New York, circa 1892.

www.ellisisland.org

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Immigrants aboard a ship heading for the Port of New York, circa 1892.

www.ellisisland.org

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An ocean steamer (big boat) passing the Statue of

Liberty, Scene on the steerage deck

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Waiting for Ellis Island Ferry

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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-USZ62-21220. In Wayne Moquin, ed., Makers of America, Vol. 6, William Benton, Publisher, 1971, p. 228.

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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

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Immigrants at Ellis Islandwaiting for the registration clerk

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Four emigrants and their belongings

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Italian immigrant family at Ellis Island

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"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.

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Awaiting examination at Ellis Island

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Examination Hall, Ellis Island

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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.

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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.

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Immigrants being given a mental test at Ellis Island.

photo courtesy of the National Park Service, Statue of Liberty National Monument

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Eye examination at Ellis Island

U.S. Inspectors examining eyes of immigrants, Ellis Island, New York harbor

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Immigration officials perform medical examinations on each arriving passenger.

courtesy of the National Park Service www.ellisisland.org

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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.

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Men's dormitory (bedroom) on Ellis Island, c. 1920.

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Where did you come from?