Immigrants 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

Young North Africans dancing on the Paris Quais
Young North Africans (from Algeria) dance on the Paris Quais. Date: circa 1950s

Empire Windrush 1948
The Empire Windrush sails up the English Channel towards Londons Tilbury Docks, carrying 400 Jamaicans who have come to England in search of a new life

Leaving Queenstown
A large crowd of Irish emigrants gather at the harbour at Queenstown ready to depart for a new life in America

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

Wilson, NC, USA - Oettingers The Dependable Store
Wilson, North Carolina, USA - Oettingers - The Dependable Store. The leading store of the town with the slogan: " It pays to Deal at Oettinger s"

Russian Jews in England
Russian refugees in the Poor Jews Temporary Shelter, Leman Street, in the East End of London

Arrivals by German Boat
At the docks: arrivals by a German steamer; men and women, some Jewish, wait on dockside having travelled by boat from Germany

British Migrants to Australia on board ship - 1920s
In the 1920s, the Australia Government was keen to develop regional areas. Prime Minister Stanley Bruce considered there were three things necessary for this: labour

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

Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, New York, USA

Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island New York pre 1900

France and Paris, A Peaceful Invasion
Caricature illustration, with statistics and comparisons, of Foreign immigrants in France and in Paris. Captioned, Another partition of France: A Peaceful Invasion'. Date: 1911

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

German gipsies in Scotland
German gipsies, who had arrived in Leith and travelled across Scotland to set up an encampment in Glasgow

German Macedonian gipsies in Britain, moved on repeatedly by the authorities, before being shipped back to Germany

Macedonian gipsies, who arrived in London and camped at Tower Hill before moving through Whitechapel, Leytonstone, Wanstead Flats, Walthamstow, Chingford and out into Essex. Date: 1904

German gipsies at their Glasgow encampment
German gipsies pictured at their encampment at Vinegar Hill, Glasgow, where they caused quite a stir among the locals

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

Jamaican immigrants arriving in Britain in the 1950s. Date: 1954

Chilean cannibals, 1910
Chilean bandits butcher and eat Armenian immigrants. Date: 1910

Emigrates just arrived off a steamer at the steps of Irongate, St. Katharines Docks, in the City of London, where they are met by a man who speaks their language

Irish emigrants leaving home 1870
Morning of departure, the Irish emigrants saying goodbye to love ones, to leave for America. Date: 1870

Italians Arrive New York
The arrival of 2, 447 Italian immigrants at New York Date: 1923

Travellers to England! Jamaican migration advertisement
Travellers to England! Remember: There is unemployment in England. Make sure there is a job before you go. Make sure you know where you are going to stay, before leaving Jamaica

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

Emigration of the Russian Jews from Liverpool
Emigration of the Russian Jews - the doctor examining steerage passengers before their departure from Liverpool. A scene on board the Guion liner Wisconsin, in the Mersey. Date: 1891

South Africa - Transvaal - Chinese Coolies in a Compound

Tailors Sweat Shop, East End of London, 1904
Engraving showing a dark, cramped tailors sweat shop with Jewish immigrants sewing at a bench or asleep in beds in same room, London, 1904

Italian Father / Daughter
A proud Italian father with his pretty daughter, immigrants to Britain, living in the Italian community area of Saffron Hill, near Farringdon, London EC1

Chinese Immigrants
Chinese labour imported into Guadeloupe

USA - Ellis Island and Immigration Station - Ellis Island and Immigration Station. From 1892 to 1954, over twelve million immigrants entered the United States through the portal of Ellis Island

United States. 19th century. Union Pacific Company. Railway Station. Engraving in the newspaper Frank Leslies in 1869. Colored

American Steamship 1920S
An American passenger steamship, possibly at New York Harbour, U.S.A. Date: 1920s

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

Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship out of Liverpool to New York, 1896. Young emigrants working their passage and chatting

Steerage passengers, working ones way out
Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship out of Liverpool to New York, 1896, working their passage to America. The journey began for these emigrants in London with an emigrant train from Euston to

Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship, outside cabins
Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship out of Liverpool to New York, 1896, huddled on deck outside the cabins. The journey began for these emigrants to America in London with an emigrant train

Romany Gypsies with Tepee Tent and Caravans - Wagons
Romany Gypsies with Tepee Tent and Caravans/Wagons, England. Captioned: Alien Immigrants Date: 1906

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