In the 1800s, it was believed that corners harbored disease. Thus, all the hallways of the Ellis Island hospital are rounded.

The first Greeks who arrived in the New World had to go through Ellis Island, which became the designated immigration station ...

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.

Courtesy of Jersey City Past and Present. The first immigration station at Ellis Island opened in 1892. In that first year, the new immigration station processed over 400,000 immigrants.

Between 1892 and 1920, when thousands of immigrants passed through the immigration station on Ellis Island each day, there were no descriptions of Ellis Island name changing in popular magazines ...

New York’s Ellis Island was, from 1892 to 1954, the nation’s main immigration gateway, which some 12 million people passed through. For these new arrivals, who in many cases came from simple ...

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From 1892 immigrants were taken to Ellis Island in New York to be 'processed'. They received a medical inspection and if they failed they were sent back to where they came from. For these ...

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.