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This content resource is an interactive tour of Ellis Island. Students can explore different rooms in the main building at Ellis Island, and can view original photographs, listen to audio, or watch video.

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Ellis Island - History of Immigration to the United States | 1890-1920 | Award Winning Documentary

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What Liberty Island and Ellis Island mean today

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What Liberty Island and Ellis Island mean today

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Whitney Aman on November 16 2017

Ellis Island, the U.S. gateway to immigration from distant lands, recently reopened to visitors, following significant damage from Hurricane Sandy. A visit there today, and to the nearby Statue of Liberty, can be emotional, even for those born in the U.S.

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Deconstructing History - Ellis Island

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For over 60 years, Ellis Island was the gateway for millions of Americans to the United States. Explore the legacy of this symbol of American immigration.

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Inside the Ellis Island immigrant hospital

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Clare Sebastian takes us on a rare tour of a hospital steeped in history.

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SUMMARY

Depicts scenes at the Immigration Depot and a nearby dock on Ellis Island. Appears to show, first, a group of immigrants lined up to board a vessel leaving the island, then another group arriving at the island and being directed off of the dock and into the Depot by a uniformed official.

OTHER TITLES

Arrival of immigrants, Ellis Island

Arrival of emigrants, Ellis Island

CREATED/PUBLISHED

United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1906.

NOTES

Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 9May1906; H77049.

Camera, G.W. ""Billy"" Bitzer.

Photographed April 27, 1906.

SUBJECTS

Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)

Immigrants--New York (State)--New York.

Harbors--New York (State)--New York.

Islands--New York (State)--New York.

Docks--New York (State)--New York.

Emigration and immigration.

Ports of entry--New York (State)--New York.

Actuality--Short.

RELATED NAMES

Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera.

American Mutoscope and Biogra

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U.S. Immigrant Oral Histories | Estelle Schwartz

Whitney Aman on November 16 2017

As we celebrate the 4th of July holiday, we reflect to pay tribute to the sacrifices and hardships faced by newly arriving immigrants in the early to mid-1900s.

Estelle Schwartz was a Romanian immigrant who arrived in 1905 at the age of 5. In her oral history, she recalls a particular moment when she set eyes on the Statue of Liberty. Despite her young age, she knew what 'the lady' meant for her and her family.

You can find the Estelle's full oral history on our collection of Ellis Island Oral Histories: ancstry.me/1HqMGv8

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Morris Remembers the Steamship - Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

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Interviewee: Emma and William Greiner
Date of Birth: December 30, 1913 and July 18, 1912
Date of Interview: March 3, 1991
Interviewer: Paul E. Sigrist, Jr.
Immigrated from Italy (on German and French Quotas) at Age 11 and 12 in 1925
Ellis Island Collection: EI-28

Greiner (What He Packed):
EMMA: Yes, yes. It was very disrupting, you know, to pack and break up your home.
Oh, we took, of course, our clothing and some pieces of like china that were very, very special. And maybe a blanket or two also that were real good wool, that we felt maybe we may not be able to get here in the United States.
WILLIAM: Of course, there was pressure to leave things there but they accommodated us kids. And I brought a lot of things that (he laughs) I now wonder why I was so attached, for instance, to greeting cards. They were very, very romantic in those days and they were through the years birthdays and so on. And a few toys. My tin soldiers. I don't remember whether I brought anything about my small railroad, um.
WILLIAM: Oh, yes, yes. And then I had, uh, what we called a "Magic Lantern." It was a... Projector.
Very, very primitive, (he laughs) compared to today's.

EMMA: And I was hoping he wouldn't bring those soldiers because when we played together at home, you see I was German and he was French, you know, and he would always decimate all my soldiers, kill them all off, so we had quite a different set in our lives...(she laughs.)

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Emma and William Remember Packing - Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

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Interviewee: Emma and William Greiner Date of Birth: December 30, 1913 and July 18, 1912 Date of Interview: March 3, 1991 Interviewer: Paul E. Sigrist, Jr. Immigrated from Italy (on German and French Quotas) at Age 11 and 12 in 1925 Ellis Island Collection: EI-28 Greiner (What He Packed): EMMA: Yes, yes.

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Interviewee: William Greiner
Date of Birth: July 18, 1912
Date of Interview: March 3, 1991
Interviewer: Paul E. Sigrist, Jr.
Immigrated from Italy (on French Quota) at Age 12 in 1925
Ellis Island Collection: EI-28

Greiner:

It's hard for people to understand today what it was like to be on a boat then in a storm like that. Tremendous noise. It sounded as if the boat was heading for some rocks. The great waves would smash, the noise tremendous, and I thought we would flounder at any moment. They posted Morse Code, messages received from other ships in the ocean, sending "S.O.S. We are floundering!" and so on, "Help!" and the captain let us know that he couldn't get out of the way. They were hard pressed, too. So they wanted to get to New York as soon as possible... all the other people were so sick. But I get over very quickly any sickness. I would go up on the captain's deck and I enjoyed this wild sight, and especially looking at the prow of the ship going way, way down under the sea and then lifting up. And the waves coming, rushing right up to the captain's...to live...that's a terrifying scene but, as a boy, I enjoyed it.

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William Remembers the Storm - Ellis Island Part of Statue of Liberty National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

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Interviewee: William Greiner Date of Birth: July 18, 1912 Date of Interview: March 3, 1991 Interviewer: Paul E. Sigrist, Jr. Immigrated from Italy (on French Quota) at Age 12 in 1925 Ellis Island Collection: EI-28 Greiner: It's hard for people to understand today what it was like to be on a boat then in a storm like that.