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Inside Ellis Island on Arrival Day
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The Great Hall registry room at Ellis Island.
Rob Young from United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
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Inside Ellis Island on Arrival Day
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The ferry has docked. The great room is a hall of questions: a name, a place, a doctor's look, a chalk mark, a family trying to stay in sight of one another. Many were admitted. Some were held. Some were sent back. We will not hurry past any of those doors.