1. SS HEMENWAY *

2. Leaving for the USA on the SS Hemenway
Leaving for the USA on the SS Hemenway *

3. Tight Quarters *

4. Moldy Cheese Moldy Biscuits Water Barrels
Moldy Biscuits
Water Barrels *

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Cockroaches *

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7. https://maps.google.com/

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9. Ellis Island

10. Welcome to Ellis Island *

11. Waiting In Line

12. Medical Eye Inspector

14. Ellis Island Opened January of 1892
Run by the federal government (before states handled their own immigration)
12 million immigrants processed through Ellis Island from when it opened until it closed in 1954