Ellis Island

von Barry Moreno

15 Seiten, Loseblatt

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The United States is considered the world's foremost refuge for foreigners, and no place in the nation symbolizes this better than Ellis Island. Through Ellis Island's halls and corridors more than twelve million immigrants-of nearly every nationality and race-entered the country on their way to new experiences in North America. With an astonishing array of nineteenth- and twentieth-century photographs, Ellis Island leads the reader through the fascinating history of this small island in New York harbor from its pre-immigration days as one of the harbor's oyster islands to its spectacular years as the flagship station of the U.S. Bureau of Immigration to its current incarnation as the National Park Service's largest museum. Enjoy the rich history of Ellis Island in this collection of 15 historic black-and-white postcards.

• Reihe: Postcards of America
• Themen: Lifestyle, Hobbys und Freizeit Heimatkunde, Familiengeschichte, Nostalgie Heimatkunde
• ISBN: 9780738562469
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.2008
• Größe: 107 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing (SC)