His grandmother was a year old when she arrived at Ellis Island from Scotland on Dec. 5, 1903, on a ship named the Siberian. Preservation New Jersey, a nonprofit historic preservation organization ...

disembarks her ship after a precarious ocean voyage, only to encounter more horrors while passing through Ellis Island. Here, Schlaepfer looks back at the filming of the episode titled “Wrap ...

Alex, a posh Englishwoman, finds no friends among the staff of Ellis Island, who have her strip down for exams that violate her and forcibly reveal her four-month pregnancy, something she learns ...

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.

This article discusses racism, ableism, and abuse. Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for 1923 season 2, episode ...

Ellis Island straddles New York and New Jersey and commemorates ... many of whom had already spent days and sometimes months on crowded, unsanitary ships to escape persecution and poverty in their ...

Among the show's difficult moments is Alexandra, played by Julia Schlaepfer, undergoing a rigorous and intrusive medical examination upon her arrival at Ellis Island. This image has spurred ...

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.