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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Henry Hastings Curran ferried away from his post of Immigration Commissioner at Ellis Island, to which three years ago he brought deep knowledge, experience, keen intelligence. Next day ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...