Immigrants Coming to America By: Mr. Luvera

Immigrants on an Atlantic Liner

Immigrants coming to a land of freedom.

Immigrants aboard a ship heading for the Port of New York, circa 1892.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Immigrants aboard a ship heading for the Port of New York, circa 1892. www.ellisisland.org

Immigrants aboard a ship heading for the Port of New York, circa 1892. www.ellisisland.org

An ocean steamer (big boat) passing the Statue of Liberty, Scene on the steerage deck

Waiting for Ellis Island Ferry

Immigrants on Ellis Island wait for the ferry after disembarking (getting off) from their ship, 1911. Public domain. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540. LC-USZ62-21220. In Wayne Moquin, ed., Makers of America, Vol. 6, William Benton, Publisher, 1971, p. 228.

Immigrants walk off the ship and onto Ellis Island CREDIT: "New York, N.Y., immigrants' landing, Ellis Island." Detroit Publishing Compan between 1910 and 1920. Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920, Library of Congress

Immigrants at Ellis Island waiting for the registration clerk

Four emigrants and their belongings

Italian immigrant family at Ellis Island

"A family of English immigrants arrive in the New World, 1908." Public domain. Sherman Collection, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20240. In Oscar Handlin, A Pictorial History of Immigration, 1972, p. 187.

Awaiting examination at Ellis Island

Examination Hall, Ellis Island

The waiting and processing hall on Ellis Island, c. 1910. "The pens at Ellis Island, main hall. These people have passed the first mental inspection." Copyright holder unknown. Edwin Levick photo. William Williams Collection, U.S. History, Local History & Genealogy Division, New York Public Library, 1211 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036. In Allon Schoener, Portal to America, 1967, p. 37.

Immigrants penned up by nationality on Ellis Island. On an average day, 4000 newcomers were processed, but 3000 of them had to stay overnight. c. 1910. Copyright holder unknown. Edwin Levick photo. New York Public Library, 1211 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036. In Eds. of Time-Life Books, This Fabulous Century, 1900-1910, 1970, pp. 74-5.

Immigrants being given a mental test at Ellis Island.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Immigrants being given a mental test at Ellis Island. photo courtesy of the National Park Service, Statue of Liberty National Monument

Eye examination at Ellis Island U.S. Inspectors examining eyes of immigrants, Ellis Island, New York harbor

Immigration officials perform medical examinations on each arriving passenger.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             courtesy of the National Park Service www.ellisisland.org

Woman being given health examination by physicians (doctors) at Ellis Island. Public domain. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528. In Bernard A. Weisberger, The American Heritage History of the American People, 1971, p. 278.

Men's dormitory (bedroom) on Ellis Island, c. 1920.

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