ruthenian woman
i love looking at the new york public library's digital galleries. check out these fantastic portraits from their collection of images from ellis island taken between 1902 and 1914. really makes me wish we still dressed traditionally. isn't america beautiful?
guadeloupean woman
german stowaway (!!!)
laplander children (possibly swedish)
romanian piper
italian woman
turkish man
a family of seven sons and one daughter
dutch women
slovak woman and children
immigrant family looking for lost baggage
the pens at ellis ssland, main hall. these people have passed the first mental inspection
1 comment:
Awesome pics.
Yesterday was Mexican revolution day, and I got to enjoy watching children parade around town in traditional Mexican clothes from 100 years ago. Very cool!
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