Emigration Collection

Lower East Side Street Scene
Shoppers congregate as vendors sell their wares on the sidewalk outside of haberdasheries at 57 Hester Street and 55 Hester Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York, New York, circa 1900

Cars At Border
21st March 1929: A line of cars conveying Mexicans over the border into California. The fence in the foreground is the border; the line of cars is in the main street of Mexicali

Barnardos Boys
Boys from a Dr Barnardos home prepare to leave Liverpool for Canada on the liner Duchess of York, 19th April 1929. (Photo by Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Coming To America; Immigrants pack the upper deck of the liner SS Patricia as it
Immigrants pack the upper deck of the liner SS Patricia as it travels from Hamburg to New York, December 10, 1906. The Patricia was built by A.G

Jamestown Fort
Three ships lie at anchor on the river as early settlers carry lumber and raise the walls of the stockade fort at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America, circa 1610

American Westward Expansion
A goddess helps pioneers establish civilization during the United States Westward Expansion, in a 19th Century illustration entitled American Progress. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Immigrants Approaching Statue of Liberty
Immigrants view the Statue of Liberty while entering New York harbor aboard an ocean liner en route to Ellis Island, New York City, 1910s. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Getty Images)

A Crowd Of Men On The Street In Chinatown
A group of men in Asian jackets and shoes wear hats and stand on the sidewalk and in the street below paper lanterns outside the Yuen Fat & Co

Coming To America
An Irish immigrant (center) sits on a chair and waits next to an Italian immigrant and her children, Ellis Island, early 20th Century. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Coming To America
An Eastern European immigrant mother and her children sit and wait. Ellis Island, early 20th Century. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Coming To America
Two Irish immigrants look out across the harbor to New York City as one sits and points, Ellis Island, early 20th Century. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Coming To America
A group of European immigrants including men, women, and children, await the next step on their journey to the United States at the immigration processing center in New York harbor, Ellis Island

Coming To America
A group of primarily Chinese and East Asian immigrants waits on a wharf after disinfection at Angel Island, San Francisco Bay, California, 1910s

Emigration Address
An emigration agent addresses passengers on board ship, 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Immigrants On Benches At Castle Garden
Immigrants sit on benches with their luggage at Castle Garden, the island used for processing immigrants between 1855 and 1890 prior to the development of Ellis Island, New York City, 1880s

Jewish Arrivals
Customs officials examine the baggage of Jewish immigrants at St. Katherines Dock, London, circa 1904. Original publication

The Randolph
Passengers on the deck of the Randolph, one of the first four ships to settle Christchurch in Canterbury, New Zealand, 1850. Original Publication - Illustrated London News - pub. 3rd August 1880

Australia Bound
Emigrants plot their progress on board a ship bound for Australia, 1849. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Pioneers Crossing The Plains
An illustration depicting emigrants in horse-drawn wagons crossing the American Plains. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

American Settlers Camp
Illustration of American settlers cooking at camp site. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Coming To America
Image shows passengers and immigrants on the B and C decks towards the aft of the White Star liner RMS Olympic (sister of Titanic) as she sits in port and they await processing, New York, late 1920s

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