Ellis Island Immigrant Passage Through New York Harbor
The article recalls Ellis Island as the main US immigrant processing center from 1892 to 1924, handling over 12 million arrivals mainly from Europe. It notes steerage passengers faced harsher travel and higher illness risk than first or second class, and explains ships docked near New York for examination and entry.
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Deedle Deedle Dees Lead Lloyd Miller Charts Education Music
Lloyd Miller heads the educational rock group The Deedle Deedle Dees and sings and plays guitar and cello. The Odessa Florida native blends jazz swing and kids shows, performs for schools libraries hospitals and Haiti relief, and has two young children.
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Lane Graham Overcomes Struggles To Pro Football Stardom
The subject faced a difficult youth with an unstable environment but built a stable base, earned a degree, and rose to prominence in professional football. He now stars at the pro level, illustrating a comeback from hardship to athletic achievement.
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A Hard Journey on Steamships to America
Steerage passengers were crammed into bunk beds about 2 by 6 feet with rows packed closely and only narrow aisles, sometimes three high. In 1908 the air space law improved conditions but illness spread quickly during the two week crossing from Europe to the United States. Immigrants fled mistreatment and poverty with little to carry beyond a backpack's worth of possessions.
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Ellis Island medical exams screened arriving immigrants
Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island faced medical checks to prevent disease and ensure work capacity. About 36 steps proved fitness, six second inspections, chalk marks for suspected illness, and roughly 2 percent sent home. Most passed, families sometimes split, seriously ill sent to hospital, with trachoma checks using a button hook.
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