A look inside Ellis Island during its heyday
The famous "Gateway to America" opened more than 130 years ago on New Year's Day. What was it like for the more than 12 ...
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Morning Five: Ellis Island
On New Year's Day in 1892, the Ellis Island Immigration Station in New York formally opened, processing nearly 700 immigrants ...
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Starting at the Source: Lewis Hine and Labor
Between 1904 and 1926, the American photographer Lewis Hine (1874–1940) photographed countless newcomers at the Ellis Island Immigration ... Smith College Museum of Art / Northampton ...
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Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the statue can be admired from several different vantage points around Manhattan, including ...