Ellis Island

Next, we boarded the ferry across to Ellis Island... the first destination of thousands of immigrants seeking freedom in the good ole USA.


This was called the "Registry Room"

(to see a bigger image, click on the
picture)


The procedure the immigrants
went through once arriving in
New York...


Photos of some of the
immigrants


This glassed in case held a registry
of people who came through. You
could only view the page it was open
to.


An actual registry page that was
on board on of the ships.



There were several plaques like these
that had the testimonies of some
of the immigrants throughout the
museum.













The doctor's equipment used for
physicals of those entering the US


The view of this wall from one angle
showed faces of immigrants...

from another angle, the Flag...