While not as famous as Ellis Island, Washington Avenue Immigration Station in Philadelphia used to be a place where immigrants were welcomed into the country, writes Michelle Myers for The ...
Alexandra makes it through (after proving she can read and verbally emasculate a corrupt official), but she still has to get ...
more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known. But Ellis was also a place ...
Nearly 12 million immigrants were processed at Ellis Island's immigration station from its opening in 1892 to 1954, when it closed. But the number of immigrants dropped significantly by 1924 ...
Current estimates put the figure of actual immigrants who passed through the Station at about 300,000. Comparatively, Ellis Island received about 12 million throughout the time of its operation. Of ...
Between 1904 and 1926, the American photographer Lewis Hine (1874–1940) photographed countless newcomers at the Ellis Island Immigration Station in New York Harbor. While there, he trained his ...
South Ferry Station (1 train): This station ... history of immigration to the United States. The Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration offers interactive exhibits, historical artifacts ...
more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known. But Ellis was also a place ...