2909627 Immigrants served a free meal at Ellis Island, c.1906 (b/w photo) by Levick, Edwin (1868-1929); New York Public Library, USA; (add.info.: 2nd Immigration Station opened on Ellis Island in 1900. Between 1905-14, around a million immigrants arrived in the US each year, officials reviewing c.5000 a day, many from Eastern and Southern Europe. Nearly 12,000 immigrants arrived on April 17th 1907.); American, out of copyright.