The walls of Ellis Island are covered in graphitti. Most of this is now covered up but some patches have been kept exposed-very moving. The other image is of Dr. Knox's visual comparison tests which were one of the many tools used to figure out the illiteracy/mental deficiency of immigrants. A third image is of some of those who were denied entry on grounds of mental defficiency, poor health, their status as day laborers, or radical political histories.
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