Opinion
We nearly lost Ellis Island. We can do more to preserve this national treasure
Opinion: Efforts to save the hospital campus on Ellis Island are imperative to understanding the largest mass migration in human history.
Enduring mystery of New York icon with Welsh owner
Ellis Island ceased to be an immigration port in 1954. But while it remains central to one of New York's most iconic images, ...
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Starting at the Source: Lewis Hine and Labor
Throughout his decades of reform-inspired projects, Hine revisited his Ellis Island images as his source. The people in those photographs, to him, were also the ones who went on to populate the ...
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Immigration and Deportation at Ellis Island
Between 1892 and 1954, more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known.
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Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, the statue can be admired from several different vantage points around Manhattan, including ...
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Will Smith initially refused to do the memorable Ellis Island scene in 'Hitch,' the director says
In the middle of the movie, date doctor Alex "Hitch" Hitchens (Smith) goes on a date with Sara (Eva Mendes) to Ellis Island. The date goes horribly wrong after Hitch accidentally kicks Sara in the ...
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Immigration and Deportation at Ellis Island
Between 1892 and 1954, more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known.