Problem of the immigrant just now especially pressing
1media/problem-of-the-immigrant-1904_thumb.jpg2020-09-09T07:17:33-07:00Louis Takács7841be6ee4f860ae11fdabc342ec4865ab90e4c0160628It's clear from the captions below each photo that the Bureau's "constant study of types" was enabling public assumptions of desirability and undesirability. Ironically, the photos were taken by Joseph H. Adams, whose Ellis Island work was also featured in sympathetic newspaper and magazine articles concerning immigration.plain2021-10-26T09:55:01-07:00The Washington Times, 19 June 1904, via Chronicling America190420200909153447+0200Louis Takács7841be6ee4f860ae11fdabc342ec4865ab90e4c0