Ellis Island was for decades America's main port of entry for immigrants. Most of these photos are not very good quality, but they offer a touching view into a few of the people seeking a better life in America. Ellis Island arrivals, 1904 Ellis Island immigrants Immigrants at Ellis Island Immigrants being processed at Ellis Island Immigrant children, Ellis Island, New York, 1908 Italian immigrant family at Ellis Island, 1910 Slavs at Ellis Island Trachoma Inspections at Ellis Island Their first photograph at Ellis Island