Immigrant Collection

Jamaicans on board the Empire Windrush
Jamaican men on board the Empire Windrush who have come to Britain to seek work; some of the men, dressed smartly in jackets and ties, are reading a newspaper

MV Empire Windrush, best known for the arrival of West Indian immigrants at Tilbury Docks on 22 June 1948. Date: circa 1948

Jewish Children, East End of London
A crowd of Jewish children in the East End of London

Coffee House, East End of London
A coffee house near Jubilee Street in the East End of London. Its window contains both English and Hebrew text. There are advertisements for R. Whites Lemonade and Kaola

USA - New York City - Hester Street
Hester Street - It has historically been a center for Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant culture. More recently, it has been absorbed by Chinatown, although some kosher and Jewish-owned stores can be found

U. S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas - A Cha Cha Family
U.S. Virgin Islands - St. Thomas - A Cha Cha Family. A small population descended from 17th and 18th century French Huguenot immigrants who originally settled on St. Barts

San Francisco, California, USA - Chinatown, Fortune Teller. Date: 1904

An immigrant from Trinidad, probably 1940s

White Star Line, Royal & US Mail Steamers, brochure
White Star Line, Royal & United States Mail Steamers, soft cover brochure, covering all three classes of services at the height of the transatlantic immigrant trade

Immigrants Awaiting Outside Court-Room, Blackwall Pier 1906
The Immigration Act of 1906 was the first legal mechanism for enforcing a policy of selective categories of prohibited immigrants

Spanish Civil War child refugees arrive at Southampton, 1937
Children from Bilbao waiting to land from the Spanish Compania transaltantic liner Habana at Southampton docks-child refugees evacuated to England during the Spanish Civil War, 1937

Elllis Island, New York Harbour, NY, USA. Date: circa 1920

Polish nationals praying for Poland in church, Sept 1939
Polish nationals, including army officers, embassy staff, the ambassador and the Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Hinsley, praying for their country in a Polish Catholic church in Islington

Irish nationals outside the Irish Embassy, September 1939
Irish nationals waiting outside the High Commission for Ireland in an attempt to return home, following the outbreak of war, September 1939. September 1939

Immigrants with their belongings from Euro leaving the ship in Ellis Island, to start their new life in America. Date: 1909

Australia - Large Family outside home at Kalgoorlie
Western Australia - Large Welsh Immigrant Family outside home at Kalgoorlie (269 Egan Street). The town was founded in 1893 during the Coolgardie gold rush. Date: 1912

United States. Virginia. Anabaptist Baptism
United States. Virginia. 18th century. Anabaptist baptism. Engraving, 1841

Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, New York
Immigrants await their turn at the Naturalisation Office, New York, America

Inspection of immigrants at Ellis Island, America
Immigrants are inspected at Ellis Island, America

Italian Immigrant Boy
An Italian boy, smartly dressed in a hat and long cloak, an immigrant to Britain, living in the Saffron Hill, area of London, EC1

USA - Hester Street, New York - Hester Street, New York. The street has historically been associated with Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant culture.. Part of Box 160 Modern New York, Boswell collection

Managua Plantation
Italian immigrant Daniele Frixiones coffee plantation at Managua, Nicaragua. Date: 1892

Sir Francis Baring
SIR FRANCIS BARING Grandson of German Lutheran immigrant and cloth manufacturer pictured here with John Baring and C Wall Date: 1740 - 1810

Swearing in a new American citizen, New York

New York City, USA - Ellis Island. Date: circa 1910s

Immigrants arrive in Ellis Island, America

Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship, a family
A family group of steerage passengers on an emigrant ship out of Liverpool to New York, 1896. The journey began in London with an emigrant train from Euston to Liverpool. Date: 1896

Hi Jolly Memorial
Memorial to Hi Jolly, a Syrian Al-haji whose name was too difficult to pronounce. The inscription reads: THE LAST CAMP OF HI JOLLY BORN SOMEWHERE IN SYRIA ABOUT 1888 DIED AT QUARTZSITE DECEMBER 16

Irish emigrants on the deck of a ship. The picture is published with reference to a dreadful collision on the Mersey between two steamers, The Sea Nymph and the Rambler

John, A Chinaman in Sydney, Australia Date: 1892

Steamer Glass in Hancock School, Boston. Immigrant children. Location: Boston, Massachusetts. Date 1909 October. Steamer Glass in Hancock School, Boston. Immigrant children

Emigrants on the shipdeck

Migrant workers in Sweden
Young migrant workers from Galicia in traditional costume 1910. Date: 1910

Estonian immigrants in Sweden
Influx (immigration) of foreign farm workers from Estonia to Sweden, 1946 Date: 1946

Emigration from London to New York
Cold steerage passengers huddle together on a ships deck, bound for America

The Ghetto Market, East End of London
Part of the Ghetto Market at the junction of Spital Square and Fort Street, Spitalfields, East London - an area once having a concentration of Jewish residents. The grocery shop of D

Immigrant Building, New York City, America

Immigration to Britain
Immigrants baggage is checked for contraband goods and other things of interest as they arrive at Gravesend

Ellis Island, New York
Immigrant Station on Ellis Island, New York City, America

Russian immigrants in London Library
Russian immigrants in the Free Russian Library, Whitechapel

Sniper Monument at Syracuse, New Jersey, USA, erected in 1905 to honour the contributions of Civil War veteran Gustavus A. Sniper (1836-1894), a German immigrant

Immigrants at Ellis Island, New York, 1911
Photograph showing a potential immigrant being rejected by US officials, one of whom is marking him with chalk to signify his rejection, Ellis Island, New York, 1911

Russian Emigrants landing in New York, 1892
Engraving showing Russian emigrants, young and old, arriving by tender at the Barge Office, New York, 1892. As an elderly immigrant is helped ashore, customs officals wait to inspect the new arrivals

A Surgeon examining an Immigrant, Ellis Island, New York, 19
Illustration showing a well dressed female immigrant having her eyes examined for infectious diseases by a doctor at Ellis Island in New York, 1906. In the background a baby is being examined

Immigrant arriving at the Jewish Shelter, London, 1904
Engraving showing the Principal of the Jewish shelter, in the East End of London, talking to a newly arrived immigrant, 1904

Immigrants at the docks, London, 1904
Engraving showing a group of immigrant children huddling together at the docks in front of a warehouse, London, 1904. In 1904 there was a influx of Jewish immigrants to London

Immigrants getting on trains at New York, 1886
Engraving showing immigrant families waiting to board a train at New York Cental Station, 1886. This train was bound for the Mid-West of America

Immigrant Bootmakers at Work, London, 1904
Engraving showing young male immigrants hard at work making shoes; stitching, sewing and hammering at a work table, London, 1904

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