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Introduction. |
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Castle Garden:
Introduction. |
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About Castle Garden.
An article from the archives of the Sun, a New York
newspaper, dated May 8, 1887. |
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Historic Castle Garden.
Did you know that P. T. Barnum brought songstress Jenny
Lind to America and that she first sang at Castle Garden in
1850? Learn about the long history of Castle Garden.
This article appeared in the Sun, a New York City
newspaper on February 23, 1890. |
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The Grand Opening of Ellis
Island, 1891.
Here is an article that appeared in the Sunday edition of
the New-York Daily Tribune on Dec. 27, 1891. |
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The Ellis Island Fire of
1897.
The first immigration station on Ellis Island was made of
wood, and consequently, when there was a fire there, most
every building burned down.
This article appeared in the New-York Tribune on Jun 15,
1897, the day of the fire. |
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The Ellis Island
Immigration Station Reopens, 1900.
Here is an article that appeared in the New-York Daily
Tribune on December 17, 1900, the day the immigration
station at Ellis Island reopened. |
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The Hospital at Ellis
Island.
The first Ellis Island "general" hospital
opened in 1902 and had one hundred and twenty beds, which later grew to
two hundred and seventy-five beds. Within this hospital there existed four
operating rooms, a delivery room, and a morgue.... |
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Where Immigrants Land: The
Hopper for Sifting Human Souls, 1902.
Here is an article that appeared in the New-York Tribune as
part of their Illustrated Supplement on Mar. 23, 1902.
An interesting read. |
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Entering the New World:
When the Immigrants Land, 1904.
This is an interesting article,
in part, because it illustrates examples of the experiences
of both the immigrant as well as the Ellis Island
inspectors, as the prospective immigrant passed through the
Island's inspection process. |
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A Rooftop Playground for
the Children, 1904.
Here is an article that appeared in the Illustrated
Supplement of the New-York Tribune on Aug. 28, 1904. |
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Despair Fills the Heart of
the Rejected Immigrant, 1905.
This is an article filled with sad stories about
immigrants who for various reasons were sent back to Europe
to the port from which they began their trans-Atlantic
journey. This article appeared in the New-York Daily Tribune
on June 4, 1905.
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The Undesirable Immigrant
as Defined by an Expert, 1909.
William Williams was appointed
at two different times to the position of Commissioner of
Immigration at Ellis Island. He was outspoken about the
question of immigration.
Here Williams, in a Oct.
3, 1909 interview, is being asked by a reporter for the
New-York Daily Tribune, about the immigration process, etc. |
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The Inspection Process. |
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