The Ellis Island collection [kit] : artifacts from the immigrant experience.

Format
Visual material
Language
  • English
  • Italian
  • Russian
  • Chinese
  • German
Published/​Created
San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books, [2004]
Description
1 ship manifest, 1 dining room bill of fare, 1 Declaration of Intent form, 1 literacy test, 1 immigrant passport, 1 certificate of citizenship, 2 declarations of aliens ca. to depart from the United States, 1 receipt from the American Consular Service, 1 steamship company inspection card, 1 steamship ticket, 1 telegram, 1 steamship poster, 1 birth certificate, 1 letter from an Irish immigrant, 1 Russian money note, 2 postcards, 5 photographs, 1 book (48 p. : facsims. ; 19 cm.) ; in box 18 x 24 x 5 cm.

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Summary note
This "museum in a box" contains 23 meticulously reproduced replicas of genuine artifacts found at Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924, which follow the immigration process of families and individuals from all over the world.
Notes
Book by Brad R. Tuttle.
Language note
Most documents in English with some in Italian, Russian, Chinese, and German.
ISBN
0811838552 :
OCLC
56839419
RCP
N - S
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