Immigrants Arriving at the Immigration Station on Angel Island
ca. 1931
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This undated photograph captures just a few of the millions of Asian immigrants to pass through Angel Island, in California’s San Francisco Bay. Now a National Historic Landmark and State Park, Angel Island served as a U.S. Immigration Station from 1910 until 1941. Although immigrants were usually detained here for a week or two in a housing compound for processing, some spent as long as two years for health reasons.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Public Health Service.
National Archives Identifier: 595673
Full Citation: Photograph 90-G-152-2038; Immigrants Arriving at the Immigration Station on Angel Island; ca. 1931; Public Health Service Historical Photograph File, 1880 - 1943; Records of the Public Health Service, Record Group 90; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/arriving-angel-island, September 9, 2024]Activities that use this document
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