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 GATE OF OUR PROMISED LAND

HERE IS THE GREAT BARTHOLDI STATUE AT THE ENTRANCE TO NEW YORK HARBOUR AT SIGHT OF WHICH THE IMMIGRANT AND THE AMERICAN RETURNING FROM FOREIGN SHORES, SHED TEARS OF JOY.

A newely arrived German immigrant with his eight children and their "liebe mutter"

Here is the immigrant station on Ellis Island where all foreigners are examined to see if there is any objection to their entering the United States.