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Letter discussing the admission of immigrants who claimed to be musicians. September 30, 1898.

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This is a Photograph of immigrants employed in kitchen at Ellis Island. Six people are alien immigrants detained. The fourth is an employee on the ferry boat and is not an immigrant. The seventh person is a regular employee of the restaurant and…

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Entrance and Rear View of Restaurant, Ellis Island

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End View of the Opposite Side of Restaurant, Ellis Island

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This is a Photograph of Immigrants Working in Kitchen, Dec. 18, 1901. Persons numbered 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 8 are alien immigrants detained. The other persons in the picture are employed about the station in different capacities, but are regular…

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This is the Food Counter in Railroad Ticket Department at Ellis Island. The first man in the picture is "Squire Martin" who wears a cap having an
eagle on the front, and impersonating a Government Officer. The second man is Emil Schwab, restaurant…

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This is a Food Counter in New England Waiting Room at Ellis Island. Note the link of bologna sausage, loaves of bread and bottles of beer;
these are the articles forced on the immigrants.
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