Colorized by me: Mother and child, Italian, Ellis Island, 1905.
Original caption: This beautiful mother and child sit outside the detention cell. Sometimes 1700 immigrants were crowded into a room which was built to accommodate 600.
Original caption: This beautiful mother and child sit outside the detention cell. Sometimes 1700 immigrants were crowded into a room which was built to accommodate 600.
Original by Lewis Hine.
Okay, let's address the elephant in the room.
Another Italian family:
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