# Immigration & Ellis Island — PUBLICMCP Public Library

Photographs, records, and personal documents from the great waves of immigration to New York and the United States, including Ellis Island arrivals, tenement life, and the experiences of immigrant communities.

- Source institution: New York Public Library
- Set id: `nypl-set-immigration`
- Items: 2,157
- Canonical page: https://publicmcp.org/library/nypl-immigration

## Query via MCP (no API key)

```
search_library(query="immigration", source="nypl")
# endpoint: https://library.publicmcp.org/mcp — no API key required
```

## Sample items (25 of 2,157)

- [Belnoir Island, vignette, 1906](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8fd9a4f5-fd86-1894-e040-e00a18067a9c)
- [Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. Sugar cane fields on the northwest part of the island.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/43a1ce70-82af-013e-733b-0242ac110002)
- [Christiansted, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. At the waterfront.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4145da00-82af-013e-2243-0242ac110002)
- [Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. Woman washing clothes in the slum village of Saint Johns.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/43336820-82af-013e-18f8-0242ac110002)
- [Williams, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. In a FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower's home.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/45deedd0-82af-013e-65ff-0242ac110002)
- [Christiansted, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands (vicinity). Ruins of an old sugar mill and plantation.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/41730a30-82af-013e-dfe7-0242ac110002)
- [Christiansted, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands (vicinity). FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/41e2ecc0-82af-013e-612f-0242ac110002)
- [Williams, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. Child of FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/44a952f0-82af-013e-3119-0242ac110002)
- [La Valle, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. At a FSA (Farm Security Administration) group meeting.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4439a340-82af-013e-2e5f-0242ac110002)
- [La Vallee, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. At a FSA (Farm Security Administration) group meeting.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/44bf1290-82af-013e-3444-0242ac110002)
- [Bethlehem (vicinity), Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. Sugar fields. In the background is the Bethlehem sugar mill.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/452b1d30-82af-013e-1aa6-0242ac110002)
- [Christiansted, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. At the main square.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/41fdb660-82af-013e-a2b3-0242ac110002)
- [Christiansted, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. In the leper colony.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/438b1a40-82af-013e-065e-0242ac110002)
- [Frederiksted, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. Main street.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/44e91970-82af-013e-ff72-0242ac110002)
- [Bethlehem (vicinity), Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. Cultivating sugar cane on the Virgin Islands company land.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/456dea60-82af-013e-7c32-0242ac110002)
- [Bethlehem (vicinity), Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. Cultivating suger cane on the Virgin Island company land.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/459ac550-82af-013e-4c50-0242ac110002)
- [Bethlehem (vicinity), Saint Croix Island, Virgin Island. Cultivating sugar cane on the Virgin Islands Company land.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/45c79810-82af-013e-8d6c-0242ac110002)
- [Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. Planting sugar cane on the sugar plantation along the northern coast of the island.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/43cdcf70-82af-013e-12a3-0242ac110002)
- [Christiansted, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. Along the main street.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/41308b30-82af-013e-8e02-0242ac110002)
- [Christiansted, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands (vicinity). At one of the slum "villages".](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/41b68a70-82af-013e-7ccc-0242ac110002)
- [Frederiksted (vicinity), Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. At the public health clinic.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/442418e0-82af-013e-1460-0242ac110002)
- [Frederiksted (vicinity), Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. Public health clinic.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/43e3a0f0-82af-013e-3621-0242ac110002)
- [Frederiksted (vicinity), Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands. One of the slum villages.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/45849880-82af-013e-8abd-0242ac110002)
- [Bethlehem, Saint Croix Island, Virgin Islands (vicinity). A Virgin Islands Company housing project.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/86f45860-82b1-013e-e44e-0242ac110003)
- [Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Island, Virgin Islands. A slum quarter by the waterfront.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/88f81ed0-82b1-013e-558b-0242ac110003)

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