European immigrants to the USA. Group of emigrants (women and children) from eastern Europe on the deck of the SS Amsterdam in 1899. In the late 19th and early 20th century,millions of people emigrated from Europe and elsewhere in search of a new life in the USA. The SS Amsterdam (launched in 1879 as passenger liner 'British Crown') was sold to Holland America Line in 1887 and renamed 'Amsterdam'. It plied the route between the Netherlands and New York. Photographed by US photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Library of Congress |
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