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Italy and Around the world | | Date: The 20th Century | Notes: Over 50 million Italians immigrated to other parts of the world between the beginning of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century. Countries with significant people of Italian origin include:
o Brazil: 25 million Italians
o Argentina: 18 million Italians
o United States: 16.6 million Italians
o France: 1.5 million Italians
o Venezuela: 1-2 million Italians
o Uruguay: 1.5 million Italians
o Canada: 1.3 million Italians
o Australia: 1 million Italians
o Switzerland: 750,000 Italians
o Germany: 611,000 Italians
o Belgium: 280,000 Italians
o United Kingdom: 133,000 Italians
o Chile: 150,000 Italians
o Costa Rica: 122,500 Italians
o Paraguay: 100,000 Italians
o Spain: 95,337 Italians
o South Africa: 35,000 Italians
o Cuba: 33,245 Italians
o San Marino: 28,000 Italians
o Luxembourg: 20,000 Italians
o Croatia: 19,636 Italians
o Peru: 13,500 Italians
o Monaco: 10,000 Italians
o Ireland: 5,811 Italians
For more information visit:www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_people. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of the Library of Congress
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Ellis Island (N.Y. and N.J.) U.S.A. | | Date: circa 1910s | | Notes: 16 million Italians immigrated to the United States between the beginning of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century. Ellis Island was one of 30 entry facilities in the United States opened by the federal government to process new immigrants. Of the 30 facilities Ellis Island saw the most traffic. Some estimate that over 20 million people went through its gates from when it opened in 1892 to 1954 when it was closed. | Contributed by: Courtesy of the New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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Ellis Island (N.Y. and N.J.) U.S.A. | | Date: circa 1910s | | Notes: Image Caption: Immigrants at Ellis Island, New York, postcard (9.62 X 14.78 cm).... Between 1876 to 1976 the U.S. received more Italian immigrants than any other country in the world. Ellis Island's reception halls were designed so that thousands of people and tons of cargo could be moved quickly and efficiently. On any one day it was recorded that "6,500 immigrants, each one of whom received some individual attention, entered, passed and 'cleared' in nine hours. According to published documents Ellis Island processed over 70 per cent of third class steerage immigrants entering U.S.A. Prior to 1924 wealthy immigrants that traveled first class or second class got automatic entry into the United States. Those who came by steerage fare were given a medical examination to see if they were disease-free and fit to work. About 2 per cent of people were denied admission and sent back to their home countries. For more information visit: www.library.thinkquest.org. | Contributed by: Courtesy of New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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New York City | | Date: 1906 | Notes: The Statue of Liberty was designed by French sculptor, Bartholdi and completed in 1884. The statue commemorates the alliance between the United States and France during the American Revolution. The 151 feet tall and 225 ton statue arrived in the U.S. on June 17th, 1886. It is now located on Liberty Island. In 1903 Emma Lazarus's sonnet was inscribed at the base of the statue. The last few lines of this sonnet have become part of American folklore, giving hope to all new immigrants:
"... Give me your tired, your poor
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
The wretched refuse of your teaming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest lost to me.
I left my lamp beside the gold door!"
Thousands of Americans and foreign tourists visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island each year. For more information visit: library.thinkquest.org/2006/Sthist.html.... The image attached to this entry is part of the New York Public Library's postcard collection. Digital ID: 1017255.
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Ellis Island (N.Y. and N.J.) U.S.A. | | Date: ca. 1905-1926 | | Notes: The photo taken by Lewis W. Hines's is titled: "Italian family en route to Ellis Island." A note attached to the image reads: "This is the small boat of the Immigration Service which carried aliens from the pier to Ellis Island. Sometimes the number of immigrants waiting to be transferred was so great, that they waited for several days and nights before the little ferry boat could bring them to the island." | Contributed by: Courtesy of the New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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Ellis Island (N.Y. and N.J.) U.S.A. | | Date: 1905 | | Notes: The photo, taken by Lewis W. Hine as part of a series of photographic documents of social conditions, is titled "Mother and child, Italian Ellis Island." The caption beneath the photo reads: "This beautiful mother and child sit outside the detention cell. Sometimes 1700 immigrants were crowded into a room which was built to accommodate 600." | Contributed by: Courtesy of the New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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Ellis Island (N.Y. and N.J.) U.S.A. | | Date: 1905 | | Notes: The photo taken by Lewis W. Hine is titled: "Italian family looking for lost baggage, Ellis Island." A note attached to the image reads: "Lost baggage is the cause of their worried expressions. At the height of immigration the entire first floor of the administration building was used to store baggage." | Contributed by: Courtesy of the New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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Ellis Island (N.Y. and N.J.) U.S.A. | | Date: 1926 | | Notes: The photo, taken by Lewis W. Hine as part of a series of photographic documents of social conditions, is titled: "Italian child finds her first penny." The caption beneath the photo reads: "This little girl finds the wonders of Ellis Island and the New World far more fascinating than the first penny clasped in her hand." | Contributed by: Courtesy of the New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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U.S.A. | | Date: ca. 1906-1914 | | Notes: The photo is entitled "Italian woman." It was part of a series of photographs on immigrants. | Contributed by: Courtesy of the New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.) U.S.A. | | Date: [ca. 1900-1920] | | Notes: The photo was taken by Augustus F. Sherman; its image caption reads: "Italian woman immigrant." | Contributed by: Courtesy of the New York Public Library, Digital Gallery
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