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SS HEMENWAY. Leaving for the USA on the SS Hemenway. Tight Quarters. Moldy Cheese. Water Barrels. Moldy Biscuits. Cockroaches. Ellis Island. Welcome to Ellis Island. Waiting In Line. Medical Eye Inspector . Ellis Island. Opened January of 1892
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Ellis Island • Opened January of 1892 • Run by the federal government (before states handled their own immigration) • 12 million immigrants processed through Ellis Island from when it opened until it closed in 1954