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   Lou Alfano's, The Barge Office - 1898

  1. "The Arrival of the Immigrant", an article written in 1898, gives the reader insight to the many hundreds of people from many countries and ethnic backgrounds, as they arrived at the Barge Office in New York. This was the Ellis Island of the 1880's


   Lou Alfano's, Abuses at Barge Office

  1. Immigrants' First Experience in Land of the Free Not Happy. Most of the immigrants spent many days where conditions onboard ship, were unpleasant to say the least. They didn't dream they'd be faced with such a degrading experience when facing the Bureau of Immigration at the Barge Office.


   American Park Network: A Nation of Immigrants

  1. The First Wave of Immigration
  2. "Too Many, Too Soon"
  3. Castle Garden: 1855 to 1890
  4. The Barge Office



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