Persons Ellis Island

For many immigrants of the early 20th century, dreaming the "American dream" and save money for a ticket across the Atlantic, the island of Ellis Island - first impression of America. It was leaving the building of the American Customs newly found himself in a long-awaited - «melting pot» - New York. Someone came to work, with the hope of return. Some hoped to settle in America permanently, leaving the problems and needs. People left everything he had behind, taking only what is needed ... and memory. Probably have their children or grandchildren to easily parted with this memory, feeling especially children of America. But in the eyes of these people has been preserved "old life." In their view it is read only a guess, but not understanding what awaits them in their new homeland. It is these views and the variety of individuals buduyuschih Americans captured the photographers of the early 20th century. (1904-1926) in a series of portrait photographs from Ellis Island.
Take a good look at these faces, and suddenly some of them are your ancestors ;-)

Small Dutch


Greek priest


Finn - stowaway


Russian Cossacks


Turk


Girl from Guadeloupe


Italian family looking for lost luggage


The Jewish girl from Russia


Young Scots


A woman from Norway


Albanian soldiers


The girl from Alsace


Bavarian


Gypsy family


Dutch woman


Romanian shepherd


Woman from Russia with all their belongings


Small Lapps, presumably from Sweden


Slovak woman with children


Dane


The Italian


Stowaway from Germany


Old Jewish


Italian girl, who found his first penny


A man from Algeria


The girl from the Swedish province of Dalarna


Family. Seven sons and one daughter.


Musicians. Most likely from Bukovina and Romania.


Litovka


Syrian woman. The picture is not clear that the person is actually tattooed.


Boy Indian


Rusinka


A woman and her child Slavyanka


Serbian Gypsies


Madonna Ellis Island (immigrant from Russia)