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Ellis Island
Learn about former U.S. immigration center Ellis Island and diversity of immigrants processed there
Ellis Island Ellis Island: dining room Ellis Island: eye exams
Hear a discussion about the Ellis Island Immigration Museum and the history of the United States' immigrants
Ellis Island: Registry Room Ellis Island
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Learn about former U.S. immigration center Ellis Island and diversity of immigrants processed there
Ellis Island and a photo montage of immigrants to the United States.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Hear a discussion about the Ellis Island Immigration Museum and the history of the United States' immigrants
A discussion of the United States' immigrant past, from the documentary Face...
Video: Great Museums Television (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Ellis Island
Ellis Island.
© Felix Mizioznikov/Dreamstime.com
Ellis Island
The Main Building on Ellis Island, 1905.
Prints and Photographs Division/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-37784)
Ellis Island: dining room
Dining room on Ellis Island.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Ellis Island: eye exams
Immigration officials conducting eye examinations on Ellis Island.
Prints and Photographs Division/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-7386)
Ellis Island: Registry Room
Immigrants in the Registry Room at Ellis Island, Upper New York Bay, c. 1902–13.
Photographs of Ellis Island, 1902-1913, The New York Public Library
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