How to explore New York City’s immigrant past through its food https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/40389/ #BestFoodSpotsInNYC #CentralPark #ConeyIsland #EllisIsland #FamilyOwnedNYC #FamilyOwnedRestaurants #food #MadisonPark #NewYork #NewYorkCityFoodScene #NewYorkCuisine #NewYorkStylePizza #NYCBagels #NYCCoalFiredPizza #NycFoodScene #NYCFoodies #NYCImmigration #NYCPizza #UniqueFoodSpotsNYC
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https://www.europesays.com/3272050/ Ellis Island stands as tribute to America’s immigrant past #EllisIsland #immigrant #ImmigrationHistory #ImmigrationInAmerica #InvestigateTV #InvestigateTV
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Ghosts Pasted to the Wall, Ellis Island, New Jersey
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Psychopathic Ward, Ellis Island, New Jersey
They chalked an X on your coat if you looked confused — and that alone could end your journey. -
Nearly Two Million People Emigrated from Hungary to America around the Turn of the Last Century https://www.byteseu.com/2208998/ #assimilation #EllisIsland #EthnicHungarians #FamilyHistory #genealogy #HungarianAmericans #HungarianCitizenship #HungarianCommunities #HungarianCulture #HungarianDiaspora #HungarianEmigration #HungarianHeritage #HungarianIdentity #HungarianImmigrants #HungarianRootsAndAmericanDreams #Hungary #Immigration #KingdomOfHungary #LittleHungary #Pittsburgh #TreatyOfTrianon #WorldWarI
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Inside Chief of Medicine’s House, Ellis Island
A senior doctor's bedroom fireplace and cracked plaster survive inside Ellis Island's abandoned residencehttps://islandinthenet.com/inside-chief-of-medicines-house-ellis-island/
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Ellis Island’s Abandoned Hospital Laundry Room
There's something haunting about a room built to run non-stop, standing completely silent for seventy years.https://islandinthenet.com/ellis-islands-abandoned-hospital-laundry-room/
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https://www.europesays.com/3107718/ Descendants of 1st Ellis Island immigrant celebrate American Dream #america #AMERICA250 #AmericanDream #Connecticut #EllisIsland #immigrant #immigrants #ireland #manhattan #Métro #USNews #Wisconsin
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#OTD (June 12)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.#NewOrleans #EllisIsland #NewKensingtonPA #Cleveland #Chicago #Tampa #Massachusetts #QueensNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory
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#History #American #EllisIsland #Immigration #Democracy #Hope #Video #alt
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
250 WE ARE AMERICANS 1 minute video
ELLIS ISLAND - NARRATED BY KEN BURNS
“WE CAME WITH NOTHING BUT BELIEVED WE COULD BECOME SOMETHING.” -
Ellis Island pertenece a Nueva Jersey
En una decisión histórica, la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos resolvió en 1998 que Ellis Island, la puerta de entrada histórica para millones de inmigrantes, está principalmente en el estado de Nueva Jersey, no en Nueva York. Este fallo puso fin a una larga disputa fronteriza ent…
#Akerix #EllisIsland #CorteSuprema #InmigracionUSA
https://akerix.com/on-this-day/05-26-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states-rules-in-new-jersey-v-new-york-that-ellis-1998 -
Due to its role in immigration, #AngelIsland was often called the #EllisIsland of the West. In 1953, #California started to purchase the land from the Department of the Interior or #USDoI to create a park with open space, recreation and historical reservation. #photography #americana #wa #california #architecture #canon80d #colorphotography #bwphotography #travel #photos #history
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Jewish refugees protesting deportation to Nazi Germany, Ellis Island, USA, 1936
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Most visitors to Ellis Island never make it to the abandoned hospital complex on the southern end, but it holds some of the island's most remarkable history. Did you know the word "moron" was coined there? Or that around 350 babies were born on the island? Untapped New York rounds up 10 surprising facts from the Hard Hat Tour of this extraordinary site.
#NYCHistory #EllisIsland #Immigration #NYCTours #History
https://www.untappedcities.com/8-surprising-facts-from-the-hard-hat-tour-of-the-abandoned-ellis-island-hospital/?ref=daily-newsletter -
For decades, the accepted story of Annie Moore, the first immigrant through Ellis Island on New Year's Day 1892, held that she moved to Texas, ran a hotel, and died in a streetcar accident. It was entirely wrong. Years of research by professional genealogist Megan Smolenyak uncovered the truth. Untapped New York tells the full story.
#NYCHistory #EllisIsland #IrishHistory #ImmigrationHistory #NYC
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Got it from the Blue-ski. It was credited as "street art", "Paris 11th" (district, where my sister used to live).
I love that because the Statue was given us by France, not for taking in immigrants but for finally joining the rest of the world and ending slavery. Her ankles are shown breaking free of locks and chains.
It was decades later that the immigration aspect was tacked on.
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The Lies They Told "Lena Conti—a young, unwed mother—sees immigrant families being forcibly separated on Ellis Island" Sale: $16.11 to $3.99 by Ellen Marie Wiseman Rating: 4.4/5 (3,622 Reviews) #HistoricalFiction #Eugenics #Immigration #EllisIsland #Virginia #Family #BookSky
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In conclusion, names were changed at Ellis Island, which is proven in documentation and variations of spelling in #immigrant populations.
However, it may have not been an official policy, rather an error in judgement due to prejudice of #ellisisland staff.
Seems many #name changes were opportunistic and individual decisions, a trend, or made by some other institution, all after entry.
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Italian Family Seeking Lost Baggage, Ellis Island, 1905, Lewis W. Hine.
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Discover the surprising origins of US immigration processing! Heather Cox Richardson traces the shift from chaotic state-by-state rules to federal control at Ellis Island, from Lincoln-era encouragement to later exclusionary policies. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-1-2026 #ImmigrationHistory #EllisIsland #USHistory Richardson’s reporting is worth reading.
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The last great restaurant deal in Vegas is this $9.99 sit-down meal – SF Gate
FILE: An aerial view of Las Vegas, including the Paris and Ellis Island behind it. Carol M. Highsmith / Buyenlarge / Getty ImagesThe last great restaurant deal in Las Vegas is this $9.99 sit-down meal
By Katie Dowd, Managing editorDec 3, 2025
Editor’s Note: There is an audio file at the main link at bottom. I could not embed for you. And more images on main link, sorry. –DrWeb
LAS VEGAS — I got a little lost on my way to finding Las Vegas’ off-menu $9.99 steak dinner. It was the week Formula 1 was in town, and the streets around the Strip were a maze of dead ends and closures. After walking over a rickety temporary pedestrian bridge, my friend and I wandered onto Koval Lane. I kept staring down at my phone, partly because Google Maps showed I was practically standing where Tupac Shakur had been fatally shot. I must have looked confused.
“You ladies headed to Ellis Island?” asked an event staffer watching the street corner. When we nodded, she waved us through with a cheery, “Have fun!”
I wasn’t sure how much fun one could have at Ellis Island, but I was ready to try.
Ellis Island has to be the least glamorous name of any hotel in Las Vegas. While Caesars Palace conjures up images of excess and opulence, Ellis Island evokes austerity and cholera. The threat of a one-way steamer passage back to Ireland lurks behind every slot machine.
The name makes slightly more sense when you learn a bit of its lore. A fellow named Frank Ellis opened the Village Pub restaurant in the 1960s; it’s off the Strip but just barely, tucked behind the Horseshoe and the Paris. Like many businesses in Las Vegas, the Village Pub eventually added a casino, changing its name to Ellis Island. It’s as budget as budget can be. Rooms tend to go for $50 or less a night, and if you’re wondering what the vibe is, much of the hotel used to be a Super 8.
After the well wishes for our voyage to a casino named after America’s most famous immigration station, we arrived at the restaurant. Village Pub’s ambience is nothing to write home about — beige walls, low ceilings, televisions playing sports — but no one’s here for the atmosphere. Within moments of being seated, I watched a security guard approach a nearby table to warn them about being too drunk. This, at least, felt like an authentic Ellis Island experience. Any moment now, I was going to be asked by an immigration official to anglicize my last name.
Although the steak isn’t on the menu, it’s hardly a secret. Ask a server for the $9.99 steak meal — $14.99 if you don’t have a player’s card — and they’ll know what you’re talking about. It’s impressively cheap, even for your hometown strip mall diner. It comes with a top sirloin, potatoes (mashed, baked or fries), a soup or salad, and green beans. Assuming I didn’t get food poisoning, just about any meal slopped down in front of me was going to be worth that price.
The salad came first, drowning in Wishbone-esque Italian dressing and accented by a few cherry tomatoes and croutons. Next time I’d ask for dressing on the side, but it was a perfectly serviceable starter. I was fully expecting a tiny steak and shriveled up baked potato, but when my plate arrived, I couldn’t believe how much food was on it. The sirloin was thick, the potato was huge, and the serving of beans generous.
The steak was cooked to a perfect pink medium, and the exterior was crusted with salt and a bit of something spicy. Was it the best steak of my life? Absolutely not. Was it the best $9.99 steak I’ve ever had? Without a doubt. The baked potato, dressed up with a little salt, pepper and butter, was hot and filling, and the green beans were soggy but garlicky.
With every bite, I marveled at what a bargain it was, especially just steps off the Vegas Strip, home of the $1,000 steak. Las Vegas used to be a cheap getaway, but with each passing year, it stretches further out of the reach of middle-class tourists. (My nearly $400-a-night room at Caesars came with a Keurig but no pods; a “coffee kit” cost $12 extra.) At some point, inflation will surely catch up to Village Pub steak too, but even at $20, it would feel like a steal — on the same trip, I paid $35 for an Evian and a sandwich at a walk-up counter in the Venetian. The Village Pub steak may be the last great restaurant deal in town.
When our ancestors came ashore at Ellis Island, tired, huddled, yearning to breathe free, could they have imagined a future like this? Stepping out into the cool desert night, stomach full of cheap meat, I wondered if this was the American dream after all.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: The last great restaurant deal in Vegas is this $9.99 sit-down meal
#999 #Audio #EllisIsland #Formula1 #HiddenGem #LasVegas #LastGreatRestaurantDeal #OldVegas #SFGate #SteakDeal #SteakMeal
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The number of immigrants had fallen since anti-immigration laws were passed in the 1920s.
MONROE, La. (KNOE) – The United States immigration statio…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #America #ellisisland #ellisislandcloses #ellisislandimmigrationstation #goodmorningarklamiss #goodmorningarklamissknoe #Immigration #NewYork #thisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistoryknoe #UnitedStatesofAmerica #whendidellisislandclose #worldwar2 #WorldWarII
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6/6 📷 #Photography
Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants - Augustus Sherman
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/portraits-of-ellis-island-immigrants/
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5/5 📷 #Photography
Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants - Augustus Sherman
"These images of people wearing their folk costumes were taken by amateur photographer Augustus Sherman who worked as the Chief Registry Clerk on Ellis Island from 1892 until 1925. The people in the photographs were most likely detainees who were waiting for money, travel tickets or someone to come and collect them from the island."
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/portraits-of-ellis-island-immigrants/ #EllisIsland #AugustusSherman
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4/4 📷 Photos of people arriving at Ellis Island between 1902 and 1914
A collection of photographs by Augustus Sherman taken between 1902 and 1914 were recently released by the New York Public Library as part of the William Williams papers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s2QLBGOcgc
Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants - Augustus Sherman
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/portraits-of-ellis-island-immigrants/ #EllisIsland #Photography -
3/3 📖 #EllisIsland
Ellis Island - Verhalen over ontheemding en hoop
https://boekenkrant.com/recensie/ellis-island-verhalen-over-ontheemding-en-hoop/
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2/2 📽️ 🎞️ 📷 #documentary #NewYork #EllisIsland #RobertBober #GeorgesPerec.
Part 1:
Récits d'Ellis Island 1978 1980, I Traces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2wwATsLRugPart 2:
Récits d'Ellis Island 1978 1980 II Mémoires
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Millions came with dreams — and built America’s cities from the ground up.In this episode,we explore immigration, urban growth, reformers like Jane Addams, and the backlash that followed.
🎧 Listen here: https://url.thaliyal.com/e9a1KE
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Character of the Day: Vanessa Ogden
The LezWatch.TV character of the day is Vanessa Ogden from Ellis Island - #LWTVcotD #EllisIsland - https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vanessa-ogden/
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Transatlantic: An #IrishAmerican #History Podcast: Annie Moore: The First Immigrant through #EllisIsland
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Show of the Day: Ellis Island
The LezWatch.TV show of the day is "Ellis Island," with 2 characters and an overall score of 57.42. - #LWTVsotd #EllisIsland - https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ellis-island/
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More Ellis Island Photographs
Augustus Frederick Sherman worked as a clerk on Ellis Island. During this time, between 1904 and 1925, he took about 250 photographs of the travelers coming through immigration. At times he would ask the travelers to pose in the traditional clothing of their homeland
1) Ukranian Woman
2) Hindu Man
3) Dutch Siblings#augustusfredericksherman #augustusfsherman #ellisisland #immigrants #immigration #anewland #anewhome #augustussherman #photography #vintagephotography #fotografia #fotografie #history #welcometoamerica
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More Ellis Island Photographs
Augustus Frederick Sherman worked as a clerk on Ellis Island. During this time, between 1904 and 1925, he took about 250 photographs of the travelers coming through immigration. At times he would ask the travelers to pose in the traditional clothing of their homeland
1) Young Hindu Man
2) Chinese Woman
3) Danish Man - Peter Meyer, 57#augustusfredericksherman #augustusfsherman #ellisisland #immigrants #immigration #anewland #anewhome #augustussherman #photography #vintagephotography #fotografia #fotografie #history #welcometoamerica
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Ellis Island
Augustus Frederick Sherman worked as a clerk on Ellis Island. During this time, between 1904 and 1925, he took about 250 photographs of the travelers coming through immigration. At times he would ask the travelers to pose in the traditional clothing of their homeland
1) Wilhelm Schleich, A miner from Germany
2) Romanian Piper, 1910
3) Albanian Soldier#augustusfredericksherman #augustusfsherman #ellisisland #immigrants #immigration #anewland #anewhome #augustussherman #photography #vintagephotography #fotografia #fotografie #history #welcometoamerica #germanman #albanianman #romanianman
