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Immigrant Clothing, Ellis Island Museum, New York Harbor
Immigrant Clothing on display at Ellis Island, New York City - October 2004.
MORE INFORMATION ON ELLIS ISLAND:
Ellis Island, at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor, was at one time the main entry facility for immigrants entering the United States from January 1, 1892 until November 12, 1954. It is wholly in the possession of the Federal government as a part of Statue of Liberty National Monument, however, and is under the jurisdiction of the US National Park Service. It is estimated that more than 20 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954.
Ellis Island takes its name from Samuel Ellis, a colonial New Yorker, possibly from Wales, who owned the island during the late 1700s and kept a tavern, serving sailors and local fishermen. The federal immigration station opened on January 1, 1892 and was closed in November 12, 1954, but not before 12 million immigrants, were inspected there by the US Bureau of Immigration (Immigration and Naturalization Service).
Today Ellis Island houses a museum reachable by ferry from Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey and from the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City. The Statue of Liberty, sometimes thought to be on Ellis Island because of its symbolism as a welcome to immigrants, is actually on nearby Liberty Island, which is about 1/2 mile to the South. Ellis island was also known as "The Isle of Tears" or "Heartbreak Island" because of the 2% who were not admitted after the long transatlantic voyage.
Source: Wikipedia
Immigrant Clothing, Ellis Island Museum, New York Harbor
Immigrant Clothing on display at Ellis Island, New York City - October 2004.
MORE INFORMATION ON ELLIS ISLAND:
Ellis Island, at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor, was at one time the main entry facility for immigrants entering the United States from January 1, 1892 until November 12, 1954. It is wholly in the possession of the Federal government as a part of Statue of Liberty National Monument, however, and is under the jurisdiction of the US National Park Service. It is estimated that more than 20 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954.
Ellis Island takes its name from Samuel Ellis, a colonial New Yorker, possibly from Wales, who owned the island during the late 1700s and kept a tavern, serving sailors and local fishermen. The federal immigration station opened on January 1, 1892 and was closed in November 12, 1954, but not before 12 million immigrants, were inspected there by the US Bureau of Immigration (Immigration and Naturalization Service).
Today Ellis Island houses a museum reachable by ferry from Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey and from the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City. The Statue of Liberty, sometimes thought to be on Ellis Island because of its symbolism as a welcome to immigrants, is actually on nearby Liberty Island, which is about 1/2 mile to the South. Ellis island was also known as "The Isle of Tears" or "Heartbreak Island" because of the 2% who were not admitted after the long transatlantic voyage.
Source: Wikipedia