Washington Avenue Immigration Station opened 19 years before Ellis Island, welcoming more than one million immigrants from ...

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 ...

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 ...

The aftermath of explosions on nearby Black Tom Island. Courtesy of Jersey City Past and Present. The first immigration station at Ellis Island opened in 1892. In that first year, the new ...

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 ...

particularly highlighting the stories of U.S. immigrants who arrived through Ellis Island in the 1900s. The performance, titled Ellis Island, will not only feature the orchestra but also ...

"I am one of the nearly 40% of all U.S. citizens who can trace at least one ancestor to Ellis ... on the island, showing her son Theo having the best time as he explored the National Immigration ...

The Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration offers a chance to learn ... Ellis Island Tour at Battery Park are the Bowling Green station and the Whitehall Street station.

Ellis Island straddles New York ... ancestor who entered the U.S. via this station. Though considered a gateway to the American dream, long lines and the threat of detainment and deportation tested ...

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 ...