2024-07-222024-07-226/11/2008https://hdl.handle.net/10929/117121During its 62 years in operation, Ellis Island accommodated more than 12 million immigrants on their way to new lives in the United States of America. Beginning with Annie Moore, an Irish teenager and the very first immigrant processed at the station, Ellis Island lays claim to the ancestors of at least 40 percent of Americans today.Original file name 12 Ellis Island.jpg4368 x 2912Each 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 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