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Enoch Powell, controversial British politician(John) Enoch Powell (1912-1998), British politician and Conservative MP from 1950 to 1974. After controversy over his Rivers of Blood speech in 1968
Jamaicans on board the Empire WindrushJamaican 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
Young North Africans dancing on the Paris QuaisYoung North Africans (from Algeria) dance on the Paris Quais. Date: circa 1950s
MV Empire Windrush, best known for the arrival of West Indian immigrants at Tilbury Docks on 22 June 1948. Date: circa 1948
Its Mine, Poster, Canada, the right land for the right man, with Canadian National Railways
Canada, the right land for the right man Poster, showing a man farming and harvesting wheat, by Canadian National Railways
American Line Poster advertising cruises from Southampton to New York
Canadian Call to Women White Star Line posterPoster produced by the White Star Line shipping company encouraging women to emigrate to Canada
Emigrate to Canada posterPoster issued by the Canadian Pacific Company advertising to would be emigrants that they could own their own home in Canada and apply for a ready-made farm
Empire Windrush 1948The 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
Italians in Saffron HillA group of Italian men sit in the sun or lounge in doorways in a Saffron Hill street separated from the women and children outside a shop belonging to F Ciccone Date: 1930s
Cunard Poster advertising cruises from Liverpool to Boston on the Scythia and Laconia cruise ships
Ready made Farms in Western Canada Poster offering a new home in Canada with Canadian Pacific
Leaving QueenstownA large crowd of Irish emigrants gather at the harbour at Queenstown ready to depart for a new life in America
Russian Jews in EnglandRussian refugees in the Poor Jews Temporary Shelter, Leman Street, in the East End of London
White Star Line Emigration posterPoster produced by White Star Line encouraging people to " jump to it" for the chance of a lifetime - to emigrate to Canada
Arrivals by German BoatAt 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 - 1920sIn 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
An immigrant from Trinidad, probably 1940s
Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, New York, USA
Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island New York pre 1900
Immigrants Awaiting Outside Court-Room, Blackwall Pier 1906The 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, 1937Children 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 at their Glasgow encampmentGerman gipsies pictured at their encampment at Vinegar Hill, Glasgow, where they caused quite a stir among the locals
Jamaican immigrants arriving in Britain in the 1950s. Date: 1954
US PORTS & CHOLERA 1892Foreign workers come arm in arm with asiatic cholera; American ports must close their gates (1892) Date: 1892
WORKING MAN THREATENEDIndiscriminate immigration threatens the livelihood of the American working man Date: 1892
Irish emigrants leaving home 1870Morning of departure, the Irish emigrants saying goodbye to love ones, to leave for America. Date: 1870
Aquarium (formerly Fort Clinton) in Battery Park and New York Harbour, NYC, USA. Date: circa 1920s
Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, New YorkImmigrants await their turn at the Naturalisation Office, New York, America
Travellers to England! Jamaican migration advertisementTravellers 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
The great fear of the period That Uncle Sam may be swallowed by foreigners : The problem solved. A one panel, three scene cartoon showing, in the first scene
United States. Virginia. Anabaptist BaptismUnited States. Virginia. 18th century. Anabaptist baptism. Engraving, 1841
Myanmar - Yangon - Rowe and Cos Premises - later the Immigration Office. Date: circa 1910s
Leaving SS Ivernia, Boston HarbourSS Ivernia was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Launched in 1899 by the Cunard Line company to act as an intermediate ship catering for the vast immigration
Inspection of immigrants at Ellis Island, AmericaImmigrants are inspected at Ellis Island, America
Emigration of the Russian Jews from LiverpoolEmigration 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
The Fairbridge SocietyAdvertisement for The Fairbridge Society, a charity founded by Kingsley Fairbridge in 1909 for the furtherance of child emigration to the colonies to help orphans
South Africa - Transvaal - Chinese Coolies in a Compound
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
USA & Pauper Labour / 1892The American working man asks Uncle Sam to spare him from European pauper labour Date: 1892
New York City, USA - Ellis Island. Date: circa 1910s
Immigrants arrive in Ellis Island, America
Advertising on a bus for Immigration to Canada by the Canadian Government Colonization Company, America Date: 1900s
Steerage passengers on an emigrant ship, a familyA 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 outSteerage 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 cabinsSteerage 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
The Melbourne Custom HouseSlide showing a black and white photograph of the Melbourne Custom House in the city of Melbourne in Australia. In this building customs officers recorded all goods entering or leaving Victoria;
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
Emigrant landing, New York, USA Date: circa 1903
The emigrants. Date c1882 Aug. 11
The emigrants letter. Date c1886 Dec
Chinese Schoolgirls - San Francisco Date: 1910
London ChinatownChinese restaurants on Gerard Street, Chinatown, London. Date: 1978
Chinese Sunday School Children - San Francisco Date: 1910s
Tijuana Customs Post, MexicoMexican Immigration and Custom House at the Border at Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Date: circa 1930s
Canterbury Association ShipsThe Canterbury Association ships Bangalore, Dominion, Duke of Portland, Lady Nugent, Midlothian and Canterbury in the East India Docks, London
Immigrant Building, New York City, America
Immigration to BritainImmigrants baggage is checked for contraband goods and other things of interest as they arrive at Gravesend
Ellis Island, New YorkImmigrant Station on Ellis Island, New York City, America
Russian immigrants in London LibraryRussian immigrants in the Free Russian Library, Whitechapel
Music sheet cover, Far, Far, Upon the SeaA music sheet cover for a song by Henry Russell, Far, Far, Upon the Sea (words by Charles Mackay), from an entertainment entitled Far West, or the Emigrants Progress from the Old World to the New
Pasaport Quay - Izmir (Smyrna)The Pasaport Quay - Customs and Immigration House at the harbour of Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey
Red Star Line Poster, Southampton to Canada via Cherbourg showing a woman picking apples
Star Line to Canada PosterRed Star Line and White Star Line shipping from Southampton to Canada Poster showing a man farming in Canada
Chinese Immigrants en route to the United StatesChinese Immigrants onboard a ship en route to San Francisco, United States
Official at the Castle Garden Depot, New York, 1886Engraving showing an official reading out messages to the newly arrived immigrants at the Castle Garden Immigration Depot, in New York, 1886
Castle Garden Immigration Depot, New York, 1886Engraving showing newly arrived immigrants at the Castle Garden immigration depot, New York, 1886. The image shows a man offering a baby a drink, with everyone else looking on concerned
Kossuth at SouthamptonLAJOS KOSSUTH Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian patriot and statesman addressing crowds outside the Mayors House in Southampton after his arrival in Britain
Japanese Immigrants in America, 1907Photograph of a Japanese woman and her child dressed in western clothes, denoting a rapid integration, after immigration to the United States, 1907
Immigration. Immigrants in America. A Lonely EmigrantA young woman emigrant wait in the immigration depot in New York on her own. With her feet on her box and wrapped in a cloak, she is gazing wistfully into the distance
The Great Assembly Hall, Ellis Island, New York, 1911Photograph showing the Great Assembly Hall of the immigration centre on Ellis Island, New York, with a large number of immigrants waiting in queues, 1911
Unemployed MenA group of unemployed Italian men, Saffron Hill, near Farringdon, London EC1
Emigration VesselScene between decks on an emigrant ship showing the crowded and unpleasant conditions
Emigrants See CanadaA soul stirring moment for emigrants to Canada as they see their future home for the first time. The ship is arriving by the St Lawrence route, " Canadas Gateway"
Cunard USA and Canada posterPoster advertising the Cunard Line passenger services to America and Canada, destination of many emigrants during the first half of the twentieth century
Jewish ImmigrantsJewish men, women and children arrive in London carrying their possessions in suitcases and bundles
Making CigarettesJewish immigrants making cigarettes in the East End of London
Vigilantes / San FranciscoA meeting of the Vigilance Committee on Portsmouth Square, 1856
