Immigrants Collection (page 3)

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

California. San Francisco and Sacramento. San Francisco, gen
The City of San Francisco was in the grip of gold fever in the 1850s and was growing in population by the day, as many as 2, 000 immigrants were arriving by sea each day

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

An Immigrant arriving in London, 1904
Engraving showing a Jewish immigrant with his pack on his back, being greeted by a loved one, while an officer from the Jewish shelter looks on, London, 1904

An Immigrant Ship nearing New York, 1892
Engraving showing a group of immigrants (possibly Russian Jews) on the deck of their trans-atlantic ship, admiring the Statue of Liberty, on their arrival at New York, 1892

Refused Immigrants on a ship; London Docks, 1911
Illustration showing some would-be immigrants who had been refused admission to Britain, standing on the deck of a merchant ship, talking to some compatriots on the dockside, 1911

Immigrants landing at Castle Garden, New York, 1886
Engraving showing a group of emigrants from Europe arriving at Castle Garden, New York, watched by a customs official, 1886

Aliens in England: The Immigrant Problem, 1904
Illustrated title for an Illustrated London News article entitled Aliens in England: The Immigrant Problem, 1904. The image shows immigrants coming ashore off a boat in London

Examining Passports at Ellis Island, New York, 1911
Photograph showing immigrants queuing up at the passport control on Ellis Island, New York, 1911

Immigrants arriving at the Jewish Shelter, London, 1904
Engraving showing a group of immigrants, some families with small children, arriving at the Jewish night shelter in Leman Street, the East End of London, 1904

Immigrants arriving at Tower Bridge Stairs, London, 1904
Illustration showing immigrants arriving at Tower Bridge stairs at night, London, 1904. Some of the immigrants (centre) are being greeted by their new employer

Sir Wilfred Laurier looking at emigrants on the Empress of
Illustration showing the Canadian Prime Minister, Sir Wilfred Laurier, and his wife looking at the new immigrants on board RMS Empress of Britain, as they cross the Atlantic to Canada, 1907

The Great Assembly Hall, Ellis Island, New York, 1911
Photograph showing the Great Assembly Hall of the immigration centre on Ellis Island, New York, with a large number of immigrants waiting in queues, 1911

Police breaking up a fight in Soho, London, 1911
Illustration showing the aftermath of a street brawl between immigrants in Soho, London. The original caption emphasised that although many of these foreigners were hard working handcraftsmen

Immigrants arriving at St. Katherines Dock, London, 1904
Illustration showing immigrants having their luggage checked by Customs officials at St. Katherines Dock, London, 1904

Immigrants arriving at Winnipeg, Canada, 1909
Photograph of crowds of immigrants arriving at the train station in Winnipeg, Canada, 1909. Winnipeg was at that time the chief distributing centre for Western Canada

Examining Immigrants at Ellis Island, New York, 1911
Photograph showing an American doctor checking immigrants for infectious eye diseases on Ellis Island, New York, 1911

Immigrants in the East End of London, 1904
Engraving showing a number of immigrants seen in the East End of London, 1904. A woman is shown wrapped in a shawl, with the men wearing peaked caps and other traditional hats

Italian Immigrant / London
Italian Immigrants in London Date: circa 1935

London Italian Community
Italian immigrants in Saffron Hill, near Farringdon, London EC1

Unemployed Men
A group of unemployed Italian men, Saffron Hill, near Farringdon, London EC1

London Italian Children
Poor Italian immigrants playing with a concertina, Saffron Hill, near Farringdon, London EC1

Italian Immigrants
Italian immigrant children playing with a concertina in the Saffron Hill area, near Farringdon, London EC1

Emigration Vessel
Scene between decks on an emigrant ship showing the crowded and unpleasant conditions

Travel / Emigration / Canada
Immigrants disembarking at Quebec, Canada

Cholera Threatens Fair
" A Prophetic Picture" : the Worlds Fair will be closed by the Cholera Date: 1893

Jewish Immigrants
Jewish men, women and children arrive in London carrying their possessions in suitcases and bundles

Making Cigarettes
Jewish immigrants making cigarettes in the East End of London

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

Jews Arriving in England
Russian Jews just landed in England

Immigrants Y
Immigrants land at Castle Garden, New York

Immigrants / Ellis Is
Immigrants at Ellis Island, New York

Immigrants in New York
Immigrants from Europe, newly arrived in New York

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