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Museum puts a human face on immigration.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Jane Wooldridge
NEW YORK _ For the 5,000 would-be Americans who passed through these doors each day, Ellis Island was a place of both promise and trepidation. The lucky ones took their trunks, wicker baskets _ sometimes only a spare dress and pair of stockings _ and caught the boat to the promised land. Those plagued by illness or extreme poverty could be stuck here for months. Even sent home.
The immigration hall turned museum and national monument puts a touchingly human face on the 12 million who made their way through these halls between 1892 and 1924. Shipping posters, postcards, passports and audio tapes help visitors imagine the emotional ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Museum puts a human face on immigration.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)