Edwin levick biography
Seizing the Moment - The Mariners' Museum and Park
Mr. Levick took these photographs of Ellis Island, America's great immigration port, between 1902 and 1913.
Buildings near Ellis Island pier; immigrants
can be seen with trunks and luggage
Immigrants undergoing medical examination
Passed and waiting to be taken off Ellis Island
Ready for travel and going north, south and west.
Immigrants with
baggage lined up at teller's windows marked money exchange.
The pens at Ellis Island Registry Room or Great Hall.
These people have passed the first mental inspection.
Uncle Sam, host. Immigrants being served a free meal at Ellis Island.