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A 2010 amended study for |
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1904 Narrative about |
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Boston's Record Week For Arriving Immigrants Immigration Statistics image |
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1907 Record broke immigrants Larger Image |
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1909 Transcription of George B. Billings Letter "One of the great advantages Boston is supposed to have over New York and one which is widely advertised by the steamship companies. . . incoming passengers are not obliged to go to one central point like Ellis Island." 1910 Site Visit Story Image |
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Immigrant Groups Arriving Italians, Irish, English, Swedish, Norwegians, Scotch, Portuguese, Greeks, Russians, Hungarians, Finnish, Danish Larger image |
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New York Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Mission Larger image Personal application: 1914 Minnie Rubin Assistance |
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1908 Leave Castle Island as a Park Larger image |
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1910 Coming in trials Aliens Larger image |
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1904 - Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society selects representative at the wharfs when passenger steamers arrive in Boston Larger image |
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1901 Saxonia brings in 687 steerage passengers Larger image |
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1902 Castle Island - plea to keep it as a park Larger image |
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1904 Restaurant on Long Wharf Larger image |
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1910 Nagel and Pres. Taft visit Long Wharf Station Larger image |
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1910 History of Jeffries Point at the tip of Noddle Island Larger image |
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1910 Sec. Nagel visits Boston sites Larger image |
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Cunard Line Dock, Boston Larger image |
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1872 Cunard Line Steamship Ad Larger image |
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1872 Inman Line Ad Larger image |
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Jeffries Point Chosen Larger image |
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Immigrants had to prove they were not likely to become a public charge (LPC) They needed to have a job. Example: Van Norden & Company, Sheet Metal Workers Later many became naturalized citizens as evidenced on World War I Draft Registration forms. (Sample: Isaac Duberstein working at Charlestown Navy Yard) |
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Sargent Suggests Improving Current Facilities Larger image |
