EMIGRATION Italian family just arrived at Ellis Island from 1892 to 1954 the main entry point for immigrants who landed in the United States. The mother carries a large bundle balanced on the head that contains all their belongings, the median daughter holding a bundle and the eldest boy of about ten years, she holds her younger sister. Probably they reach the husband and father, who had preceded them to settle down, preventing them the uncertainty of a leap into the void. The Ellis Island port has welcomed over the years more than 12 million US citizens aspirants, who were subjected to medical examinations, social and economic and sorted depending on the outcome. Some, marked with chalk on the back, were held to be subject to further investigation, others deemed suitable by the first examination were escorted to the ferry to Manhattan. no more than two percent was dismissed and immediately re-embarked, according to the American legislation, on the same ship arrival, he had an obligation to return the immigrants not accepted at the port of origin. Photography, New York, early twentieth century.

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title: EMIGRATION ITALY-USA

subject date: 2016-04-16

caption: EMIGRATION Italian family just arrived at Ellis Island from 1892 to 1954 the main entry point for immigrants who landed in the United States. The mother carries a large bundle balanced on the head that contains all their belongings, the median daughter holding a bundle and the eldest boy of about ten years, she holds her younger sister. Probably they reach the husband and father, who had preceded them to settle down, preventing them the uncertainty of a leap into the void. The Ellis Island port has welcomed over the years more than 12 million US citizens aspirants, who were subjected to medical examinations, social and economic and sorted depending on the outcome. Some, marked with chalk on the back, were held to be subject to further investigation, others deemed suitable by the first examination were escorted to the ferry to Manhattan. no more than two percent was dismissed and immediately re-embarked, according to the American legislation, on the same ship arrival, he had an obligation to return the immigrants not accepted at the port of origin. Photography, New York, early twentieth century.

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