Boarding pass for Chin Shee
This ship’s boarding pass, for Chin Shee of China, shows she was headed to San Francisco, California. She was 21 years old when she sailed in September 1911. The...
Declaration of Mikael Amerikian
Mikael Amerikian filed his declaration of intent to become a naturalized American citizen on April 10, 1929 in the District Court of Maine. Among other requirements,...
Eisenbahn bureau
After processing at the Ellis Island Immigration Station, immigrants were able to buy railroad (eisenbahn) tickets to destinations throughout the United States
Ellis Island of the West
This undated photograph captures just a few of the millions of Asian immigrants to pass through Angel Island, in California’s San Francisco Bay. Now a National...
Exempt from exclusion
Chu Hoy, a merchant with the Kwong Sun Chong & Company of 30 Mott Street in New York City, left Seattle for China to bring his wife and children into the United...
Father and son in traditional dress
Chun Jan Yut, age seven, poses here with his father, Chun Duck Chin, near the turn of the 19th Century. This photograph was included with Chun’s immigration file.
From Canton to North Platte, Nebraska
Chin Wing Sew, also known as Ping Chin, lawfully entered the United States through San Francisco on April 16, 1924. He was 32 years old, married, and working as a...