Twenty-four-year-old Schulim Pewzner, a rabbinical student from Warsaw, Poland, at Ellis Island, 1950. Alfred Eisenstaedt—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Not published in LIFE. Ellis Island, 1950.

Yet when Matt Loughrey decided to colourise some old photographs of migrants ... Loughrey also worked to add colour to pictures of other Ellis Island migrants, including German and Finnish ...

These photographs show a tiny handful of the more than 12 million immigrants who entered the United States through the immigration station at New York's Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954.

Annual arrivals at Ellis Island grew from 200,000 in 1896 to 900,000 by 1905, requiring ever more doctors to perform exams. These took place after the new arrivals had deposited their luggage and ...

guests are led by a Save Ellis Island docent into various areas of the over 100-year-old complex including the contagious disease wards, the autopsy rooms, and other spaces that are closed off to ...

In one recent project, the National Park Service let JR paste giant reproductions of old photographs inside an abandoned hospital on Ellis Island. The photos show doctors and nurses who worked ...

Welcome to New York! Striking images show Ellis Island at its busiest as huge crowds arrive in the Big Apple. The Museum of the City of New York has opened a new exhibit titled 'Preservation in ...

Today, I would like to remind you about the Old Way that the United States used to do immigration — what I will call the Ellis Island system. The rules at Ellis Island, circa 1910, were simple ...

Ellis Island’s museum is getting a 21st-century ... A new $100-million project aims to revitalize the 125-year-old landmark with immersive and modern ... PhotoQuest/Archive Photos/Getty Images.