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Immigrants on Ellis Island: 1912
Submitted by Ken on Thu, 10/25/2007 - 4:15pm.
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Immigrants wait to be transferred on Ellis Island, October 30, 1912. Photo from Underwood & Underwood. View full image.
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I look at it too
Submitted by prcrstn8 on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 9:50pm.
I've been doing some research - my grandfather arrived exactly one week earlier, October 23, 1912. The trip from Rotterdam took 9 days.
I look at this..
Submitted by Gen Xer on Fri, 10/26/2007 - 1:41pm.
And wonder if any of these people are related to me. It makes me wonder what the trip was like and what their hopes were for the future
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