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Ellis Island, 1905
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Title:
Ellis Island, 1905
Caption:
The Federal Government assumed control of immigration in 1890 and Congress appropriated $75,000 to construct America's first Federal immigration station on Ellis Island. The present main structure was designed in French Renaissance Revival style and built of red brick with limestone trim. When it opened on December 17, 1900, officials estimated 5,000 immigrants per day would be processed. By the time it closed on November 12, 1954, 12 million immigrants had been processed by the U.S. Bureau of Immigration. Today, over 100 million Americans, one third of the population, can trace their ancestry to the immigrants who first arrived in America at Ellis Island before dispersing to points all over the country. Photographed by A. Loeffler, February 24, 1905.
Category:
History: United States
Credit:
Album / LOC/Science Source
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Image size:
4800 x 3196 px | 43.9 MB
Print size:
40.6 x 27.1 cm | 16.0 x 10.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1905 • 20 20TH XX XXTH TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • 20TH • AMERICA • AMERICAN • ARCHITECTURE • ARTIFICIAL ISLAND • BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • DEPORTATION • DETENTION • ELLIS ISLAND • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • FÉDÉRAL • FRENCH RENAISSANCE REVIVAL STYLE • GOVERNMENT • HEARTBREAK ISLAND • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY: UNITED STATES • IMMIGRATION STATION • IMMIGRATION • IMPORTANT • ISLAND OF TEARS • JERSEY CITY • LANDING STATION • MAN-MADE ISLAND • NEW JERSEY • NEW YORK CITY • NEW YORK • NOTABLE • NY • NYC • PHOTO • PHOTOGRAPH • PLACE • PROCESSING STATION • SIEGE • SITE • STATUE OF LIBERTY NATIONAL MONUMENT • TWENTIETH CENTURY • UNITED STATES • US • USA • WELL-KNOWN
