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Photograph

Buying Tickets at Ellis Island

Date: 
Description: Immigrants buying tickets at Ellis Island.
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin Land Sales Pamphlet

Date: 1880
Description: Cover of a pamphlet, printed in German, advertising land for sale in Wisconsin.
Photograph

Americanization Pageant

Date: 05 18 1919
Description: Scene from Poale Zion Chasidim, an Americanization pageant held in the Milwaukee auditorium to welcome Milwaukee's new citizens.
Drawing

Jane Addams of Hull House

Date: 
Description: Jane Addams holding an open book, surrounded by immigrant children.
Print

Dog-Sledges of the Mandan Indians

Date: 1832
Description: Two dog-sledges hauling supplies, with one also carrying a Mandan.
Photograph

Registering to Vote

Date: 09 02 1954
Description: A group of newly naturalized citizens registering to vote at City Hall.
Photograph

Immigrants on Boats

Date: 
Description: Medical officers inspecting immigrants.
Print

Railroad Land Sales

Date: 
Description: A colored advertising card that was issued by the Land Department of the Wisconsin Central Railroad in order to promote the sale of railroad-owned land in ...
Painting

A Sunday on the High Seas during my Crossing to America

Date: 1856
Description: The main deck of The Tuisco, showing groups of immigrant men, women, and a child in brightly colored clothing, conversing while standing below a ful...
Painting

The Tuisco, an Immigration Ship

Date: 1856
Description: The Tuisco left Bremerhaven May 6, 1856. Hölzlhuber called this the "quickest three masted immigration boat," holding 335 passengers. Though in the ...
Print

In the Emigrant Train

Date: 01 1874
Description: Interior of a coach on an emigration train to the west.
Photograph

Emigranten Office

Date: 1920
Description: The Emigranten Office at King and Webster Streets. The Emigranten was published here in the 1850s and 1860s.
Book or Pamphlet

German Wisconsin Pamphlet Cover

Date: 1868
Description: Cover of a 31-page pamphlet promoting Wisconsin to German immigrants, which translates to read "Wisconsin. An Account of the Population, soil, climate, Com...
Book or Pamphlet

German Immigration Brochure Cover

Date: 1868
Description: Cover of a brochure in German for Wisconsin immigration.
Book or Pamphlet

German Immigration Brochure Cover

Date: 1870
Description: Cover of a Wisconsin immigration brochure in German.
Book or Pamphlet

German Immigration Brochure Cover

Date: 1881
Description: Cover of a brochure in German for Wisconsin immigration.
Book or Pamphlet

German Immigration Brochure Cover

Date: 1896
Description: Cover of a brochure in German for Wisconsin immmigration.
Document

"Wisconsin. What It Offers to the Immigrant" Report

Date: 1879
Description: Blue cover design of an official report entitled "Wisconsin. What It Offers to the Immigrant".
Magazine or Periodical

Departure of a Colony of Emigrants for Colorado

Date: 1870
Description: Crowd gathered at Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Station to see off a colony of emigrants from Chicago who planned to settle in Colorado on a tract of land p...
Magazine or Periodical

Emigrant Landing in New York

Date: 1858
Description: Large group of people leaving a steam ship, some transporting large chests of their belongings.

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