Summary
On January 1, 1892, Ellis Island Immigration Center opened in New York Harbor. The first people processed were Europeans who had come to America on ships Nevada, City of Paris, and Victoria. By the time Ellis Island was closed in 1954, more than 12 million immigrants had walked through its gates to make a fresh start in the United States.
Additional Information
| Series | American symbols and their meanings. |
| Subjects |
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
-- History
-- Pictorial works.
Immigrants -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works. Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.) -- Pictorial works. United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- Pictorial works. |
| Publisher | Philadelphia :Mason Crest Publishers,2003 |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
Includes index. |
| Description |
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN | 1590840313 |
| Other | Classic View |