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Pier 21, Halifax, N.S., Canada | | Date: 1963 | | Notes: The photo was taken at Pier 21 by photographer, Ken Elliot, in 1963. The photo is part of The Ken Elliot Collection of the Pier 21 Society. Permission to use the photo (Image # 5 Woman with Child) was granted by Pier 21, Canada's Immigration Museum. For further information and free viewing of the entire Ken Elliot Collection visit: www.pier21.ca. | Contributed by: Courtesy of the Ken Elliot Collection of the Pier 21 Society
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Pier 21, Halifax, N.S., Canada | | Date: 1963 | Notes: The photo was taken at Pier 21 by photographer, Ken Elliot, in 1963. The photo is part of The Ken Elliot Collection of the Pier 21 Society. Permission to use the photo (Image # 19 Wine Press Baggage) was granted by Pier 21, Canada's Immigration Museum. For further information and free viewing of the entire Ken Elliot Collection visit: www.pier21.ca.
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Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | | Date: 2008 | | Notes: The photo was taken inside Pier 21, Canada's Immigration Museum, by the contributor. | Contributed by: Sue Alfieri
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Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | | Date: 2008 | | Notes: In the 1910s more men than women immigrated to Canada. Generally men came without their families, found employment, saved some money and then sent for their loved ones in the old country. Because many women and children arrived at Pier 21 without their spouse Immigration Service took care to help them out. Many young families were escorted to the train station and serviced by female conductresses. For more information visit: www.pier21.ca.... The photo was taken inside Pier 21, Canada's Immigration Museum, by the contributor. | Contributed by: Sue Alfieri
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Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | | Date: 2008 | | Notes: The photo was taken inside Pier 21, Canada's Immigration Museum, by the contributor. | Contributed by: Sue Alfieri
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Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | | Date: ca.1960s | | Notes: A plaque inside Pier 21, Canada's Immigration Museum where the photo was displayed, reads: "This site [Pier 21] witnessed the arrival of approximately one million immigrants, who have enriched the cultural mosaic of Canada. Opened in 1928, Pier 21 served as one of Canada's principal reception centres for immigrants until it closed in 1971. It typifies the large, self-contained immigration facilities that the Canadian government had begun to establish at major ports near the turn of the 20th century. The staff at Pier 21 handled large volumes of immigrants rapidly, checking their citizenship and medical condition, and providing quarantine, detention, customs, and social services." | Contributed by: Sue Alfieri
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Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | | Date: 2008 | | Notes: In the 1910s and 1920s a large number of immigrants and migrant workers crossed the Atlantic, but the depression of the 1930s slowed the traffic. Between 1930 and 1939 only 15,000 individuals a year passed through Pier 21. Many of these returned to their homelands, as they did not find regular employment in Canada as they had hoped.... For more information visit: www.pier21.ca.... The photo was taken inside Pier 21, Canada's Immigration Museum, by the contributor. | Contributed by: Sue Alfieri
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Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | | Date: 2008 | | Notes: The photo was taken inside Pier 21, Canada's immigration museum, by contributor. | Contributed by: Sue Alfieri
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Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | | Date: 2008 | | Notes: The photo was taken inside Pier 21, Canada's Immigration Museum, by the contributor. | Contributed by: Sue Alfieri
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Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | | Date: 2008 | | Notes: Many Europeans, in particular the Dutch and the Italians, insisted on bringing household objects and homemade foods to their adopted country. Pepperoni, salami, slabs of air-dried prosciutto and wheels of country cheeses were popular food items Italians brought with them. Customs officers confiscated meats, cheeses and bread as they were deemed a potential health hazard.... For more information visit: www.pier21.ca. The photo was taken inside Pier 21, Canada's Immigration Museum, by the contributor. | Contributed by: Sue Alfieri
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