On route to America. Photo source: National Archives

Group of Japanese women standing in a line on an immigration ship circa 1925.
Photo Source: California State Parks, State Museum Resource Center

Immigrants leaving ship in harbor to go to Angel Island Immigration Station circa 1925
Photo Source: California State Parks, State Museum Resource Center

Panoramic photo of the Angel Island Immigration Station c. 1915, including the dock, the arrival point for detainees brought from San Francisco.  Click on the image to view the full-size reproduction. Photo source: Library of Congress.

Angel Island barracks viewed from the dock. Photo Source: National Park Service.

Waiting on the hospital steps at Angel Island. Photo Source: National Archives.

Group portrait of three U.S. Public Health Service doctors circa 1925
Photo Source: California State Parks, State Museum Resource Center

(Above and Below) Physical exams at Angel Island. After being assigned a barrack and bunk, new arrivals underwent a medical examination shortly after reaching the island. Unfamiliar with the language, customs, and Western medical procedures, the examination was often characterized by newcomers as humiliating and barbaric. Photo Sources: (above) National Archives and (below) Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation.

(Above and below) Angel Island Interrogation Sessions. Interrogations were conducted by two immigration inspectors and a stenographer. A government interpreter translated the questions and responses, which were typed into an applicant's file during the sessions. Photo Source: (above) National Archives and (below) Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation.

Two immigration officers processing papers for one Asian man and several Asian women, circa 1925.
Photo Source: California State Parks, State Museum Resource Center

Two immigration officers in an Angel Island office, circa 1925.
Photo Source: California State Parks, State Museum Resource Center

Three Chinese women in traditional clothing at Angel Island
Photo Source: California State Parks, State Museum Resource Center

Chinese women walking at Angel Island with umbrellas
Photo Source: California State Parks, State Museum Resource Center

Portrait of Southeast Asian (?) immigrant circa 1925.
Photo Source: California State Parks, State Museum Resource Center

Angel Island Quarantine Station. In 1892, the Quarantine Station was opened at Ayala Cove (then known as Hospital Cove), where ships from foreign ports could be fumigated, and immigrants suspected of carrying diseases could be kept in isolation. The warship USS Omaha was borrowed form the Navy in 1893 and its boilers used to supply superheated steam for fumigation. The 40 buildings at the cove included a 400-bed detention barracks, a disinfecting plant, laboratories, and quarters for employees. Photo Source: California State Parks Photographic Archives

Angel Island Immigration Station Overview. Photo Source: California State Parks Phtographic Archives

Group portrait of Chinese children in San Francisco's Chinatown, circa 1925.
Photo Source: California State Parks, State Museum Resource Center

Angel Island State Park today - beyond the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay. Photo Source: The Angel Island Home Page at the University of California at Berkeley.