Ellis Island
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- aerial view of Ellis Island
- aerial view
- Ellis Island and Manhattan as seen from New Jersey shore in 2020
- The bridge to Liberty State Park
- Entrance to the Main Building, seen from the south
- Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital (operated from 1902 to 1951)
- State border after New Jersey v. New York, 1998
- Seen from east. From left to right: contagious diseases ward; lawn; hospital; ferry basin; main building, kitchen, dormitory, and immigration building
- Ferry building
History
- First Ellis Island Immigrant Station, built in 1892 and destroyed 1897
- Second Ellis Island Immigration Station (opened 1900) as seen in 1905
- European immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, 1915
- circa 1893
- Undated photo of southern facade of kitchen and laundry
- Italian family in the baggage room, 1905
- View from the southeast; the baggage and dormitory (right) is east of the main building (left)
- The main building's registry room
- Anti-immigrant cartoon expressing opposition to the construction of Ellis Island (Judge, March 22, 1890)
"Mr. Windom, if you are going to make this island a garbage heap, I am returning to France"
