![]() ![]() ![]() Did you know that the Ellis Island laundry washed as many as 3,000 sheets and towels in a single day? Did you know that in ten years, the number of Irish immigrants who came to New York City (650,000) was nearly twice as many as the total number of people who lived in New York City (372,000) at the beginning of that decade? The book also contains historical photographs, brief stories about some of the famous Americans that came through Ellis Island and information about the decay and restoration of Ellis Island after it was closed as an immigration entry point. Did you know that the United States had an open door policy on immigration until 1921? That means that anyone who wanted to come to this country was welcome as long as they were healthy and could support themselves. This short nonfiction book is a great introduction not only to Ellis Island, the entry point of millions of American immigrants, but also to the subject of immigration in the nineteenth century. ![]() What Was Ellis Island? by Patricia Brennan Demuth ![]()
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