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Finding Home: Immigrant Journeys Through Ellis Island

August 28, 2025August 28, 2025 by Staff
Finding Home: Immigrant Journeys Through Ellis Island

The year is 1907. The air in the Narrows of New York Harbor is thick with salt spray and the mingled scents of coal smoke and anticipation. Below deck on the SS Hamburg, a young woman named Anya clutches a worn rosary, her knuckles white. Her gaze is fixed on the hazy outline of land … Read more

Categories History Tags Early 20Th Century, Ellis Island, Immigrant Experience, New York Harbor

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