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

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. But Ellis was also a place ...

A Jewish immigrant landed at Ellis Island in New York ... names to make sure they matched the names already listed on ships’ passenger lists. Evidence from popular literature further supports ...

seamen who deserted their ships, and stowaways on the island without bail. After Ellis Island stopped offering Immigration and Naturalization Services in 1954, the government considered Ellis ...

To root out the “feeble-minded,” officials at Ellis Island required immigrants to put together ... had just arrived after a long voyage aboard ship, often in horrific conditions, and they ...

Philadelphia’s Ellis Island Washington Avenue Immigration Station ... After months of crowded quarters on a ship, at times without food or a sense of privacy, and sometimes ill, travelers ...

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

Nearly 12 million immigrants were processed at Ellis Island's immigration station from its opening in 1892 to 1954, when it closed. But the number of immigrants dropped significantly by 1924 ...

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. But Ellis was also a place ...