Ah, Lady Liberty...her crown was closed for the day.
View of downtown Manhattan from our ferry, Miss Gateway.
Rob outside of the museum. It is so great that this beautiful building was completely restored!
The obsession with fashion ensued.
Little baby shoes from Italy and Austria, I think.
So, after the grueling immigration process, folks got train tickets to all over. There was one crazy story about a couple of mail order brides getting their tickets mixed up, one mistakenly going to Cincinnati, the other to Memphis or Mississippi, or somewhere, and all parties, of course, very upset. It turned out that a conductor in New Jersey was to blame for the mix up--yikes, to say the least!
Ellis Island interior view from the 3rd floor where the tiny dormitories were located. Yep, people lived here for extended periods of time. People died and babies were born on Ellis Island. It seems so unbelievable what people went through for the pursuit of any sort of freedom, opportunity and happiness. The stories are all at once inspiring and humbling.
Ah, Lady Liberty...her crown was closed for the day.
View of downtown Manhattan from our ferry, Miss Gateway.
Rob outside of the museum. It is so great that this beautiful building was completely restored!
The obsession with fashion ensued.
Little baby shoes from Italy and Austria, I think.
So, after the grueling immigration process, folks got train tickets to all over. There was one crazy story about a couple of mail order brides getting their tickets mixed up, one mistakenly going to Cincinnati, the other to Memphis or Mississippi, or somewhere, and all parties, of course, very upset. It turned out that a conductor in New Jersey was to blame for the mix up--yikes, to say the least!
Ellis Island interior view from the 3rd floor where the tiny dormitories were located. Yep, people lived here for extended periods of time. People died and babies were born on Ellis Island. It seems so unbelievable what people went through for the pursuit of any sort of freedom, opportunity and happiness. The stories are all at once inspiring and humbling.
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