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Angel Island Immigration Station, California

Dormitory at Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay, California, where officials detained, inspected, and examined approximately one million immigrants between January 21, 1910 and November 5, 1940. Since the first use of Angel Island as an artillery station in the 1860s, it has hosted many generations of gun batteries, up until 1962. Meanwhile it served as the Bay Area's primary quarantine and "disinfection" station, as the immigrant processing and detention center known as "the Ellis Island of the West," and as a prisoner of war camp during World Wars. The main difference between Ellis Island and Angel Island was that the majority of the immigrants that traveled through Angel Island were from Asian countries, such as China, Japan, and India. It is currently a State Park administered by California State Parks and a California Historical Landmark.

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Title: Angel Island Immigration Station, California

Caption: Dormitory at Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay, California, where officials detained, inspected, and examined approximately one million immigrants between January 21, 1910 and November 5, 1940. Since the first use of Angel Island as an artillery station in the 1860s, it has hosted many generations of gun batteries, up until 1962. Meanwhile it served as the Bay Area's primary quarantine and "disinfection" station, as the immigrant processing and detention center known as "the Ellis Island of the West," and as a prisoner of war camp during World Wars. The main difference between Ellis Island and Angel Island was that the majority of the immigrants that traveled through Angel Island were from Asian countries, such as China, Japan, and India. It is currently a State Park administered by California State Parks and a California Historical Landmark.

Credit: Album / Science Source / Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress

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Print size: 50.8 × 33.9 cm | 2362.2 × 1576.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: AMERICA • ANGEL ISLAND IMMIGRATION STATION • ANGEL ISLAND STATE PARK • ASIAN • BED • CALIFORNIA HISTORIC LANDMARK • CALIFORNIA • CHINESE IMMIGRATION • COT • DETENTION CAMP • DETENTION CENTER • DORMITORY • EMIGRATION • HISTORY • IMMIGRATION • INTERNMENT CAMP • QUARANTINE STATION • SAN FRANCISCO BAY • USA