01863cam a2200361 4500 388840298 TxAuBib 20170517120000.0 140228s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014934611 9780448479156 044847915X (OCoLC)852221914 TxAuBib Demuth, Patricia. What Was Ellis Island? / by Patricia Brennan Demuth ; illustrated by David Groff. New York, N.Y. : Grosset & Dunlap an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC., [2014] 106 p., {16} p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. Who HQ Includes bibliographical references (p. 106). From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island was the gateway to a new life in the United States for millions of immigrants. In later years, the island was deserted, the buildings decaying. Ellis Island was not restored until the 1980s, when Americans from all over the country donated more than $150 million. It opened to the public once again in 1990 as a museum. Learn more about America’s history, and perhaps even your own, through the story of one of the most popular landmarks in the country. 20170517. Ellis Island Immigration Station (New York and New Jersey) History Juvenile literature. Ellis Island Immigration Station (New York and New Jersey) History. Ellis Island Immigration Station (New York and New Jersey.) Emigration and Immigration. United States Emigration and immigration History Juvenile literature. United States Emigration and immigration History. United States. History. Groff, David, 1956-, Illustrator. Who HQ.