The History Project - University of California, Davis
Notes about this image:The waiting and processing hall on Ellis Island, c. 1910. "The pens at Ellis Island, main hall. These people have passed the first mental inspection."
Citation:Copyright holder unknown. Edwin Levick photo. William Williams Collection, U.S. History, Local History & Genealogy Division, New York Public Library, 1211 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036. Our thanks to the NYPL. In Allon Schoener, Portal to America, 1967, p. 37. 8.12.5
Standard:8.12-5.00 the location and effects of urbanization, renewed immigration, and industrialization (e.g., effects on social fabric of cities, wealth and economic opportunity, and the conservation movement)

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