The United States is considered the worldís foremost refuge for foreigners, and no place in the nation symbolizes this better than Ellis Island. Through Ellis Islandís halls and corridors more than twelve million immigrantsóof nearly every nationality and raceóentered the country on their way to new experiences in North America. With an astonishing array of nineteenth- and twentieth-century photographs, Ellis Island leads the reader through the fascinating history of this small island in New York harbor from its pre-immigration days as one of the harborís oyster islands to its spectacular years as the flagship station of the U.S. Bureau of Immigration to its current incarnation as the National Park Serviceís largest museum. ÝÝ

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