Between 1892 and 1924, more than 12 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) bid farewell to their hometowns in search of better opportunities in the land of the free. Traveling with little more than a ...
DECORAH — The visiting exhibition “Augustus F. Sherman: Ellis Island Portraits 1905-1920” will be on view at Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum from May 11 to July 5. There will be an opening ...
Often called the "Gateway to America," Ellis Island occupies a profoundly significant chapter in U.S. immigration history. From 1892 to 1954, this federal station was the initial point of entry for ...
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Between 1892 and 1954, approximately 12 million immigrants arrived at the now-iconic Ellis Island to enter the U.S. -- or nearly 200,000 legal entries per year. All were registered, documented, and ...
They arrived as rich and poor, white and non-white, and, without exception, legally. With the gradual decline of such great influxes, Ellis Island finally ceased operating roughly 71 years ago. Yet ...
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