Philadelphia’s version of Ellis Island was the Washington Avenue Immigration Station
Washington Avenue Immigration Station, which operated in South Philly from 1873 to 1917, can be considered Philadelphia’s ...
PBS7 年
Immigration and Deportation at Ellis Island
more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known. But Ellis was also a place ...
PBS2 年
Immigration and Deportation at Ellis Island
more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known. But Ellis was also a place ...
npca.org4 年
Ellis Island
Ellis Island straddles New York and New Jersey and commemorates the immigrant experience. Millions of American stories began at Ellis ... many of whom had already spent days and sometimes months on ...
BBC1 年
The Open Door policy and immigration to 1928
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 ...
TwinCities.com9 年
Commentary: Learning about the immigrant experience
was a simulation of Ellis Island. For a number of years, our district has hosted an event where all sixth-grade students have the chance to live in the shoes of an immigrant coming to America and ...