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This is definitely a work in progress.

This is definitely a work in progress. I had considered removing it because it is not complete, but decided against it as it provides a general idea of where I am heading with it…

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This is definitely a work in progress.

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  1. This is definitely a work in progress. • I had considered removing it because it is not complete, but decided against it as it provides a general idea of where I am heading with it… • I am undecided as to whether or not I will keep the text or end up with just the pictures and narrate it… what do you think? • Enjoy!

  2. Where Did We Come From & Why Did We Come Here? A collection of images by Roxana Strong Ellis Island Immigration Statue of Liberty

  3. America was changing and expanding. It needed more people to keep the nation growing.Immigrants became workers and helped to build our nation.

  4. Migration to the United States: 1860 - 1910

  5. 1892 • Chinese exclusion act is passed, which also bars ‘lunatics’ and ‘idiots’ • From 1820-1892, 15,641,688 immigrants are estimated to have come to America

  6. Ellis Island • Ellis Island opened its doors on January 1st, 1892 • Before this Immigration had been overlooked by the State • The Government decided that a more detailed system was needed • 75% of the immigrants who came to America from 1892-1924 came through Ellis Island

  7. Ellis Island Immigration Station As Seen From An Airplane New York Harbor Docks in Background 1922

  8. Ellis Island through the years: 1911, 1974, 1997

  9. Annie Moore • First person to enter through Ellis Island • 15 years old • Traveled with her two younger brothers • From County Cork, Ireland • She was given a $10 gold coin

  10. The Land of Golden Opportunity • America was thought of as the land of opportunity and a place of freedom

  11. The Crossing • The average steerage ticket cost $30 (that was equal to …) • Most journeys were two weeks long • Conditions on board were usually anything but comfortable, most traveled in steerage: think cramped & crowded

  12. Immigrants who arrived on the Baltic

  13. Immigrants from Prinzess Irene1911 • 1911

  14. Once you reached America you would travel by ferry from your ship to the Island to be processed.

  15. Arriving at Ellis Island

  16. If you were reasonably healthy and your papers were in order the average processing time was 3 to 5 hours

  17. Medical Exams • Before being let into America the Immigrants were given tests- Physical and Mental • This was a very scary part because if they failed the test they would have to return to where their boat had left from

  18. Public Health Officers: 1912

  19. Medical Exams Checked & Noted • Suspected Mental Defect • Definite signs of Mental Disease Observed • Back • Conjunctivitis • Eyes • Face • Feet • Goiter • Heart • Hernia • Physical and Lungs • Pregnancy • Neck • Scalp • Senility

  20.   A PHS physician at Ellis Island inspects an immigrant for trachoma, which entailed inverting the eyelid with a buttonhook, early 20th century.

  21. You were kept back, and possibly sent back, if you had a contagious disease or it was thought that you would need to be taken care of by the government

  22. Cafeteria

  23. March 1917 Once you passed your exams and all of your papers were in order you were reunited with your family, found your belongings, and headed off to start the next part of your journey… starting a new life in America!

  24. A group of Immigrants at Ellis Island who did not meet the Entrance Requirements and are about to be deported -1906

  25. The Statue of Liberty • This photo was taken in 1918

  26. LIBERTY OVER PARIS As months passed the looming figure of Liberty began to rise over the streets of Paris. When the statue was completed the scaffolding was removed for a dedication on July, 4, 1884. Then the scaffolding was set up again and the statue dismantled.

  27. View of flame and torch platform looking east with New York harbor, Ellis Island and lower Manhattan in background. May 1984.

  28. View of the Statue of Liberty. America's monument to freedom had been closed since the Sept 11 attacks. (Newsday photo/Alejandra Villa / August 3, 2004)

  29. View of Ellis Island Today…

  30. Ellis Island Today

  31. Works Consulted • Ellis Island. [Photograph]. Retrieved November 11, 2008, from Britannica Student Encylopedia: http://student.britannica.com/elementary/art- 90030 • Human Statue of Liberty. [Photograph]. Retrieved November 2, 2008 from Hammer Gallery: http://www.hammergallery.com/images/ peoplepictures/people%20pictures.htm Clearly this page is in progress… will be done soon!

  32. Ellis Island (group waiting outside). [Photograph]. Retrieved November 14, 2008 from P&P Online Catalog Start: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?ils:39:./temp/~pp_MeTC::@@@mdb=fsaall,app,brum,detr,swann,look,gottscho,pan,horyd,genthe,var,cai,cd,hh,yan,lomax,ils,prok,brhc,nclc,matpc,iucpub,tgmi,lamb,hec • Ellis Island Immigration Station. [Photograph]. Retrieved November 13, 2008 from Gjenvick-Gjonvik Archives: http://www.gjenvick.com/HollandAmerica/1923-10-06-Passenger-BarbaraVitkiene-KowliskyLithuania.html • Ellis Island Madonna- 1905. [Photograph]. Retrieved November 13, 2008 from George Eastman House Still Photograph Archive: http://www.geh.org/fm/lwhprints/htmlsrc/ellis-island_sum00009.html • Ellis Island, N.Y. - immigrants from "Princess Irene.“ [Photograph]. Retrieved from P&P Online Catalog Start: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?ils:59:./temp/~pp_MeTC::@@@mdb=fsaall,app,brum,detr,swann,look,gottscho,pan,horyd,genthe,var,cai,cd,hh,yan,lomax,ils,prok,brhc,nclc,matpc,iucpub,tgmi,lamb,hec • Immigrant family at Ellis Island. New York City. March 1917. [Photorgraph]. Retrieved from P&P Online Catalog Start: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?ils:56:./temp/~pp_MeTC::@@@mdb=fsaall,app,brum,detr,swann,look,gottscho,pan,horyd,genthe,var,cai,cd,hh,yan,lomax,ils,prok,brhc,nclc,matpc,iucpub,tgmi,lamb,hec • Liberty Over Paris. [Photograph]. Retrieved November 13, 2008 from America Hurrah: http://americahurrah.com/Postcards/SL6.html • PHS trachoma Exam. [Photograph]. Retrieved November 13, 2008 from PHS: The Office of the Public Health Service Historian: http://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/apdb/phsHistory/resources/images/trachoma.jpg • Three Stages of Construction of the Statue of Liberty. [Photograph]. Retrieved November 13, 2008 from Statue of Liberty: http://www.statueofliberty.net/creation.html • View of the Statue of Liberty. [Photograph]. Retrieved November 13, 2008 from Newsday.com: http://www.newsday.com/travel/photos/am-liberty-gallery,0,6851678.photogallery?index=45 • Deporting Immigrants.

  33. EllisIsland, N.Y. - one of the "1000 marriageable girls" on the "Baltic“. [Photograph]. Retrieved November 14, 2008 from P&P Online Catalog Start: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?ils:67:./temp/~pp_MeTC::@@@mdb=fsaall,app,brum,detr,swann,look,gottscho,pan,horyd,genthe,var,cai,cd,hh,yan,lomax,ils,prok,brhc,nclc,matpc,iucpub,tgmi,lamb,hec • Arriving at Ellis Island. [Photograph]. Retrieved November 14, 2008 from P&P Online Catalog Start: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?ils:80:./temp/~pp_MeTC::@@@mdb=fsaall,app,brum,detr,swann,look,gottscho,pan,horyd,genthe,var,cai,cd,hh,yan,lomax,ils,prok,brhc,nclc,matpc,iucpub,tgmi,lamb,hec • View of flame and torch platform looking east. Retrieved November 14, 2008 from P&P Online Catalog Start: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&action=browse&fileName=ny/ny1200/ny1251/photos/browse.db&recNum=24&itemLink=D?hh:112:./temp/~pp_MeTC::@@@mdb=fsaall,app,brum,detr,swann,look,gottscho,pan,horyd,genthe,var,cai,cd,hh,yan,lomax,ils,prok,brhc,nclc,matpc,iucpub,tgmi,lamb,hec&linkText=-1&title2=Statue%20of%20Liberty,%20Liberty%20Island,%20Manhattan,%20New%20York,%20New%20York%20County,%20NY&displayType=1&maxCols=4 • Baltic. [Photograph]. Retrieved November 14, 2008 from The Cunnard Steamship Company Limited: http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/bisset.html • Immigrant Station. [Photograph]. Retrieved November 15, 2008 from The Forgotten of Ellis Island: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~quarantine/picEL001.htm • Ellis Island Aerial View. [Photograph]. Retrieved November 15, 2008 from The Forgotten of Ellis Island: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~quarantine/picNYH01.htm • Deporting Immigrants. [Photograph]. Retrieved November 15, 2008 from The Forgotten of Ellis Island: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~quarantine/ellis01.htm

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