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Latest full film · Rose Island · 2 minutes
The Indiana amusement park the river took away.
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Watch and open the Rose Island file → Ellis Island · 1903 · 3-minute filmThese immigrants were filmed arriving in America.
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New source file · Photograph circa 1894
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A genuine wedding portrait survives. The couple’s names do not appear in the Library of Congress catalog.
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