December 26, 2024
Tag: American immigration before 1890
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Castle Garden, the Gateway to Ellis Island
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America’s welcome mat at Ellis Island in New York was for refugees — from hunger, political unrest, or poverty. While before 1890 the states controlled immigration, in 1890 the federal government took control through the Departments of Commerce, Labor, and (in 1940) Justice. Ellis Island wasn’t the only federal immigration center, but it was the…
Past Article
June 4, 2024 5 Comments
In Part I of “Wish You Were Here” it was suggested that prison postcards would not make good change of address notices. That is still true and so is it that finding “prison” postcards and collecting them is not easy. This Part II article reminds us of what a diverse world we explore by collecting postcards.