24 Extraordinary Photos Of Immigrants Passing Though Ellis Island

A view of Ellis Island in 1895.

A family of immigrants patiently sits on a bench in Ellis Island, circa 1880.

The main waiting hall of Ellis Island as seen in 1880.

Immigrants aboard the S.S. Pennland make their way to New York Harbor in 1888.

Newly arrived immigrants disembark from the passenger steamer Thomas C. Millard upon their arrival, circa 1900.

A health inspection is seen taking place for new immigrants entering the United States in 1920.

An Eastern European immigrant mother and her children sit and wait during the early 20th Century.

An Immigration Officer places a label on the lapel of a mother as her family looks on, circa 1880.

Immigrants enjoy their first Christmas dinner in the United States, 1920.

An immigrant enjoys a twenty-five cent meal served on the island. The meal consists of soup, bread, meat, potatoes, vegetables, pie, pudding, and coffee. The same meal with a less expensive cut of meat could be bought by the immigrants for seventeen cents.

A group of women from Guadeloupe in the West Indies after their arrival at Ellis Island, on board the S.S. Korona in 1911.

A group photograph of newly-arrived immigrants in traditional garb, 1911.

In this photo made between 1907 and 1917, a group of immigrants await their inspection by U.S. immigrant officers on Ellis Island.

A group of immigrants traveling aboard a ship celebrate as they catch their first glimpse of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island in New York Harbor.