A ferry filled with immigrants docked in front of the Immigration Station at Ellis Island. Photo by Edwin Levick/ Flickr.
A portrait of an Italian woman wearing traditional clothes at Ellis Island. Photo by Augustus Frederick Sherman/ Flickr.
A portrait of a Ruthenian woman wearing traditional clothes which consisted of a floral-patterened embroidered shirt and underskirt made from linen. The sleeveless jacket is made from sheepskin. Photo by Augustus Frederick Sherman/ Flickr.
A portrait of a Guadeloupe woman wearing traditional clothes at Ellis Island. Her garb consists of an elaborate tartan headpiece made at the eastern Indian city of Madras which was famed for its cotton-making. The tartan eventually reached the Caribbean. Photo by Augustus Frederick Sherman/ Flickr.
A portrait of a Slovak Woman and her children wearing their traditional clothes at Ellis Island. Photo by Augustus Frederick Sherman/ Flickr.
A portrait of a Roma family wearing their traditional clothes at Ellis Island. Photo by Augustus Frederick Sherman/ Flickr.
A portrait of a German immigrant at Ellis Island. Photo by Augustus Frederick Sherman/ Flickr.
The priest wears an anteri, an ankle-length gown worn by clergymen. His stiff cylindrical hat is called a kalimavkion and is also worn during services. Photo by Augustus Frederick Sherman/ Flickr.
A portrait of a group of Russian Cossacks at Ellis Island. Russian Cossacks have a very similar garb to other Caucus people from Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. Photo by Augustus Frederick Sherman/ Flickr.
A group of immigrants, most wearing fezzes, and surrounding a large vessel, which is decorated with the star and the crescent symbol of the Muslim religion and the Ottoman Turks. Photo by Augustus Frederick Sherman/ Flickr.
A group of immigrants seated on long benches at the Main Hall where they registered and waited for medical checks and legal inspections at Ellis Island. Photo By Unknown/ Flickr.
A group of men waiting in line at Ellis Island to be processed by immigrant bureau officials. Photo by Edwin Levick/ Flickr.
Women and children undergoing a medical examination before their legal inspection.
Photo by Edwin Levick/ Flickr.
Waiters waiting for immigrants. Photo by Edwin Levick/ Flickr.
Immigrants at Ellis Island eating a meal. Photo by Edwin Levick/ Flickr.
Immigrants with baggage lined up at tellers' windows marked money exchange. They are getting ready to leave Ellis Island. Photo by Edwin Levick/ Flickr.
Immigrants ready to be taken off Ellis Island and start a new life in the U.S. Photo by Edwin Levick/ Flickr.
