2024-07-222024-07-229/17/2023https://hdl.handle.net/10929/117100The Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, also known as USPHS Hospital #43, was the United States� first public health hospital, opened in 1902 and operating as a hospital until 1930. Constructed in phases, the facility encompassed both a general hospital and a separate pavilion style contagious disease hospital. The hospital served as a detention facility for new immigrants who were deemed unfit to enter the United States after their arrival; immigrants would either be released from the hospital to go on to a new life in America or sent back to their home countries. The hospital was one of the largest public health hospitals in United States history and is still viewed today as an extraordinary endeavor in the public health fieldOriginal file name A view of the hospital on Ellis Island 04-05.jpg1992 x 961Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.Ellis Island Hospital BuildingEllis IslandEllis Island Immigration MuseumLiberty State ParkState ParkNew Jersey State ParkGateway to AmericaStatue of LibertyLegal ImmigrationGatewayJersey CityNJJerseyHudson CountyThe Garden StateNew York HarborNew York CityNYCNew YorkNational Register of Historic PlacesNew Jersey Register of Historic PlacesNew York City Landmark