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Marina Amaral @marinamaral2
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(THREAD) Between 1892 and 1954, Ellis Island served as an immigration inspection station for millions of immigrants arriving into the United States. The first immigrant to pass though the station was 17-year-old Annie Moore from Cork, Ireland.
The first and second class passengers were considered wealthy enough not to become a burden to the state and were examined onboard the ships while the poorer passengers were sent to the island where they underwent medical examinations and legal inspections.
These images of people wearing their folk costumes were taken by amateur photographer Augustus Sherman who worked as the Chief Registry Clerk on Ellis Island from 1892 until 1925.
The people in the photographs were most likely detainees who were waiting for money, travel tickets or someone to come and collect them from the island. In 1907, the photographs were published in National Geographic.
Albanian soldier.
Identified as ‘Protestant woman from Zuid-Beveland, province of Zeeland, The Netherlands’
Identified as “Wilhelm Schleich”, Bavaria
Romanian shepherd
Romanian woman
More here: marinamaral.com/2019/01/ellis-… (prints available on my Redbubble store)
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