EMIGRATION Italian family just arrived at Ellis Island from 1892 to 1954 the main entry point for immigrants who landed in the United States. The mother carries a large bundle balanced on the head that contains all their belongings; the median daughter holding a bundle and the eldest boy of about ten years; she holds her younger sister. Probably they reach the husband and father; who had preceded them to settle down; preventing them the uncertainty of a leap into the void. The Ellis Island port has welcomed over the years more than 12 million US citizens aspirants; who were subjected to medical examinations; social and economic and sorted depending on the outcome. Some; marked with chalk on the back; were held to be subject to further investigation; others deemed suitable by the first examination were escorted to the ferry to Manhattan. no more than two percent was dismissed and immediately re-embarked; according to the American legislation; on the same ship arrival; he had an obligation to return the immigrants not accepted at the port of origin. Photography; New York; early twentieth century.