What America’s immigrants looked like when they arrived on Ellis Island(washingtonpost.com)

5 pointsby goodJobWalrusvor 11 Jahren2 comments

What America’s immigrants looked like when they arrived on Ellis Island

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/10/24/what-americas-immigrants-looked-like-when-they-arrived-on-ellis-island/

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guanvor 11 Jahren

Another interesting piece I read recently on Ellis Island, and why, contrary to common misconception, immigrants’ names were not generally changed at Ellis Island:

http://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/07/02/name-changes-ellis-islan...

stonetombvor 11 Jahren

I find it interesting how most of the women posses masculine facial structure while the men appear fairly normal (aside from cultural dress, makeup (or lack of), and hair styles). I wonder what selection bias was at play or perhaps self-selection.