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History of Angel Island Immigration Station


History of Angel Island Immigration Station - San Francisco

Dozens of families and individuals ended up at the Angel Island Immigration Station, underwent medical inspection and were detained for weeks.

Angel Island Immigration Station ‑ Facts, History & Legacy

The Angel Island Immigration Station served as the main immigration facility on the West Coast of the United States from 1910 to 1940.

Angel Island Immigration Station | History & Facts - Britannica

Angel Island Immigration Station, principal immigration facility on the U.S. West Coast from 1910 to 1940, where Asian immigrants were detained.

U.S. Immigration Station, Angel Island - National Park Service

Angel Island continued to be an active military installation through World War II. In 1905, the War Department transferred 20 acres of land on ...

Angel Island Immigration Station - Wikipedia

Angel Island Immigration Station ... Angel Island Immigration Station was an immigration station in San Francisco Bay which operated from January 21, 1910, to ...

Immigration Station - California State Parks

When it opened in 1910, the new detention facility on Angel Island was considered ideal by immigration officials because of its isolation. Access to and from ...

United States Immigration Station (USIS) - Angel Island Conservancy

In 1905, construction of an Immigration Station began in the area known as China Cove. The facility, primarily a detention center, was designed to control ...

History of Angel Island: The Ellis Island of the West - SF Travel

Originally built to process an anticipated flood of European immigrants entering the United States through the newly opened Panama Canal, the Immigration ...

History of the Angel Island Immigration Station - YouTube

Presented by the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation and narrated by Ed Tepporn, this 5-minute video was originally shown during ...

Angel Island and America's Hidden Asian Immigration History | TIME

The immigration station created on Angel Island in 1910, which replaced detention prisons on steamships in the San Francisco harbor, became the ...

AIIM - Ellis Island / Angel Island - San Francisco

The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, in collaboration with California State Parks, embarked on a renovation project that began in 2005 and was ...

Angel Island Immigration Station Inquiry - Facing History

This 5-7 day C3-aligned inquiry explores the compelling question “How does the history of the Angel Island Immigration Station help us understand how borders ...

Angel Island Immigration Station - Oxford Research Encyclopedias

In contrast, as the primary gateway for Chinese and other Asian immigrants, the Angel Island station was built in 1910 to better enforce discriminatory ...

Angel Island Immigration Station, Tiburon, United States

The Angel Island Immigration Station is a National Historic Landmark that offers a window into a very important time in the history of Pacific Coast immigrants.

Angel Island Immigration Station - San Francisco

Located in San Francisco Bay, the Angel Island Immigration Station served as an immigration port between 1910 and 1940.

The Immigrants of Angel Island | The History You Didn't Learn | TIME

When students learn immigration history in school, they're often introduced to Ellis Island. But they rarely learn about Angel Island, ...

U.S. immigration station Angel Island opens in San Francisco Bay

Located in San Francisco Bay, the Angel Island Immigration Station served as the main immigration facility on the West Coast of the United ...

History: Angel Island - The KQED Asian Education Initiative

The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation was founded in 1983 and is the primary advocate for the site's preservation, restoration and interpretation. In ...

Angel Island and Asian Immigration · California History

Between 1910-1940, it is estimated that this station processed 250,000 Chinese immigrants, 150,000 Japanese immigrants, and 1 million immigrants total. Angel ...

Angel Island, Ellis Island, and American Dreams - OAH

The immigration station there was built on the exclusion of one national group, those originating in China, and prejudice and racism against Asian people ...