The Baggage Room on Ellis Island

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T19:22:17Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T19:22:17Z
dc.date.issued8/1/2023
dc.descriptionThis is the very first exhibit in the museum. Once used as a baggage collection area for the immigrants� belongings, it now displays some of the actual trunks and pieces of luggage that were once brought to the island. Once off the ferries, immigrants crowded through the main entrance of Ellis Island into this room where they could check their baggage. With thousands of people being inspected every day, keeping track of everyone's belongings was a major logistical problem and lost baggage was a common complaint. Some immigrants, refusing to check their possessions, insisted on carrying them through the entire inspection routine. Today, the Baggage Room is the entrance to the museum and features century-old luggage from the Ellis Island era, an introductory exhibit about the history of immigration to the United States, and the World Migration Globe.
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dc.format.extent2048 x 1536
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/117162
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dc.subjectThe Baggage Room
dc.subjectEllis Island
dc.subjectEllis Island Immigration Museum
dc.subjectLiberty State Park
dc.subjectState Park
dc.subjectNew Jersey State Park
dc.subjectGateway to America
dc.subjectStatue of Liberty
dc.subjectLegal Immigration
dc.subjectGateway
dc.subjectJersey City
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectHudson County
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.subjectNew York Harbor
dc.subjectNew York City
dc.subjectNYC
dc.subjectNew York
dc.subjectNational Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectNew Jersey Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectNew York City Landmark
dc.titleThe Baggage Room on Ellis Island

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