The Registry Room on Ellis Island

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T19:22:10Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T19:22:10Z
dc.date.issued9/18/2023
dc.descriptionToday, the enormous arched windows and immense open spaces of the Registry Room evoke a feeling of grandeur. For the immigrants, however, the room was often a loud, confusing and frightening place. Nearly every day, for over two decades (1900-1924), the Registry Room was filled with new arrivals waiting to be inspected and registered by Immigration Service officers. On many days, over 5,000 people would file through the space. For most immigrants, this great hall epitomized Ellis Island. It was here that immigrants underwent medical and legal examinations. Here they encountered the complex demands of the immigration laws and an American bureaucracy that could either grant or withhold permission to land in the United States.
dc.descriptionOriginal file name 392 Hall In Ellis Island (1).jpg
dc.format.extent2048 x 1536
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/117075
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dc.subjectThe Registry Room on Ellis Island
dc.subjectNational Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectNew Jersey Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectNew York City Landmark
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.titleThe Registry Room on Ellis Island

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