NJ -- Ellis Island Natl Monument -- Exhibit: Treasures From Home:
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- ELLTRE_160914_01.JPG: Treasures From Home
The generosity of America's immigrants and their children created this exhibit, a collection of artifacts donated to the National Park Service by families who came to the United States during the peak immigration years of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The items displayed here are indeed treasures from home, cherished belongings that immigrants carried with them from the old country to the new. Most arrivals brought a mix of the functional and the familiar: Bibles and prayer books, family documents, handmade linens, crockery, and other possessions that represent centuries-old cultures and traditions. The carefully chosen items lend insight into how immigrants prepared for life in an unknown land, what they expected to find here, and what hopes they had for the future.
While many of the artifacts displayed in "Treasures from Home" are from Italian and eastern European Jewish immigrants -- the two largest groups during the peak years of immigration -- the exhibit contains items from all over the world, including China and Japan.
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Among the most cherished items that immigrants brought from the homeland were the most personal. Many of the handmade, intricately patterned clothes displayed in this case were worn by new arrivals when they passed through Ellis Island.
The name, place, and date in each captain identify the immigrant who brought the object to America, his or her homeland, and the year of his or her arrival.
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- Wikipedia Description: Ellis Island
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ellis Island, at the mouth of the New York Harbor, was at one time the main entry facility for immigrants entering the United States from January 1, 1892 until November 12, 1954. It is wholly in the possession of the Federal government as a part of Statue of Liberty National Monument and is under the jurisdiction of the US National Park Service. It is situated in New York City and Jersey City, New Jersey.
Ellis Island was the subject of a border dispute between New York State and New Jersey (see below). According to the United States Census Bureau, the island, which was largely artificially created through the landfill process, has an official land area of 129,619 square meters, or 32 acres, more than 83 percent of which lies in the city of Jersey City. The natural portion of the island, lying in New York City, is 21,458 square meters (5.3 acres), and is completely surrounded by the artificially created portion. For New York State tax purposes it is assessed as Manhattan Block 1, Lot 201. Since 1998, it also has a tax number assigned by the state of New Jersey.
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