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Interesting facts (step 2):
- Third class were processed far slower than first and second class, sometimes waiting hours or days.
- When at Ellis Island, immigrants wore numbered tags.
- Doctors watched immigrants climb the stairs to check for troubles with walking or breathing.
- Doctors used a tool called the buttonhook to lift eyelids and check for trachoma.
- Before they arrived at Ellis Island's registry room, they have never seen such large indoor spaces.
- Doctors marked patients with chalk for further inspection.
- medical and legal inspection.
- 29 questions
Helpful Photos (step 2):
left to right: medical inspection symbols, numbered tag, eye disease exam.
Step 2 #3: 1892
Step 2 #4 eastern europe, poland, italy.