Picture Brides Landed On a Fire Trap Island: Congressmen Find Deplorable Conditions at Pacific Immigration Station
7/18/1910
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This item is a newspaper article from the New York Tribune about a visit by members of the Congressional Committee on Immigration to Angel Island and Alcatraz in California, with a note that a blueprint showing the proposed location of an immigration station on the mainland would be forwarded by mail.
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Angel Island, located in San Francisco Bay, processed immigration on the West Coast from 1910–1940. It came to be known as the “Ellis Island of the West.” The exact number of immigrants who passed through or were detained is unknown, with estimates ranging from 300,000 to one million. The island station played a major role in Asian-American immigration history during much of the period covered by federal laws and policies under the Chinese Exclusion Act and its successors (1882–1943). In these years, San Francisco was the port of entry for approximately 90% of Asian-Pacific arrivals in the United States.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
National Archives Identifier: 19086637
Full Citation: Picture Brides Landed On a Fire Trap Island: Congressmen Find Deplorable Conditions at Pacific Immigration Station; 7/18/1910; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/picture-brides-landed-on-a-fire-trap-island-congressmen-find-deplorable-conditions-at-pacific-immigration-station, March 20, 2023]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
