The crowds of people were from all over the world -- in 1925, the Christmas party attendees on Ellis Island were from all over Europe, Japan, Africa's ... event to feed new immigrants their ...

Nearly 12 million immigrants were processed at Ellis Island's immigration station from its opening in 1892 to 1954, when it closed. But the number of immigrants dropped significantly by 1924 ...

Ellis Island straddles New York and New Jersey and commemorates the immigrant experience. Millions of American stories began at Ellis Island; by some estimates, 40% of people in the country today have ...

From 1892 immigrants were taken to Ellis Island in New York to be 'processed'. They received a medical inspection and if they failed they were sent back to where they came from. For these ...

Despite the popular vision of New York the great immigrant city — home to the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and ... and central Africa, from China, Mexico, Greece, Turkey, and literally ...

A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the statue can be admired from several different vantage points around Manhattan, including ...

Despite the popular vision of New York the great immigrant city — home to the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and ... and central Africa, from China, Mexico, Greece, Turkey, and literally ...