The Faces of Ellis Island

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First opened in 1892, the immigration station at Ellis Island in New York harbor processed more than 12 million immigrants before being closed in 1954.

At the station's peak in 1907, more than one million immigrants passed through in a single year, with 3,000 to 5,000 entering every day, mostly from Europe and its periphery.

1911 "Woman from Guadeloupe."

1910 "Laplander."

1910"Rev. Joseph Vasilon, Greek-Orthodox priest."

1906 "Russian Cossacks."

1910 "Three Dutch women."

1910 "Scottish boys."

1910 " Dutch woman."

1910 "Slovak woman with her children."

1910 " Lapland children, possibly from Sweden."

1910 "Albanian soldier."

1910 " Italian woman."

1906 " Alsace-Lorraine girl."

1910 " Bavarian man."

1906 " Ruthenian woman."

1910 " Algerian man."

1910 "Romanian piper."

1906 " Italian woman."

1910 "Dutch children."

1910 " Romanian pipers."

1912 "Turkish man."

1910 "Gypsy family."

1909 "Danish man."

1910" Girl from Rättvik, province of Dalarna, Sweden."