U.S. Immigration Station, Angel Island, San Francisco Bay. View Showing Wharf and Main Building
1910
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Angel Island, located in San Francisco Bay, processed immigration on the West Coast from 1910–1940. It came to be known as the “Ellis Island of the West.” The exact number of immigrants who passed through or were detained is unknown, with estimates ranging from 300,000 to one million. The island station played a major role in Asian-American immigration history during much of the period covered by federal laws and policies under the Chinese Exclusion Act and its successors (1882–1943). In these years, San Francisco was the port of entry for approximately 90% of Asian-Pacific arrivals in the United States. This document is featured in "The Chinese Exclusion Act: Researching in the National Archives," available on iBooks.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
National Archives Identifier: 19086634
Full Citation: U.S. Immigration Station, Angel Island, San Francisco Bay. View Showing Wharf and Main Building; 1910; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/us-immigration-station-angel-island-san-francisco-bay-view-showing-wharf-and-main-building, September 7, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
