1911 New York footage taken by the Swedish company Svenska Biografteatern on a trip to America:
These were the years our grandparents arrived in the U.S. The years Ellis Island was in operation. I cannot even imagine how thrilling and frightening it must have been to come from a small rural Swedish village, depart from Ellis Island to this? Not to mention speaking a different language? They were some determined and hardy folk. I don't know if I could have done it myself.
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