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...

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.