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Thursday, July 12, 2012

US National Archives at Atlanta opens Ellis Island Immigration exhibit July 21

On Saturday, July 21, 2012, the US National Archives at Atlanta will open a new exhibit titled "Ellis Island: The Lost Mural." The exhibit features a replica of a 1938 Works Progress Administration (WPA) mural from the Ellis Island immigrants' dining hall. The exhibit also includes portraits of famous immigrants and immigration-themed documents from the holdings of the National Archives. Featured immigrants include Alfred Hitchcock, Greta Garbo, Frank Capra, Erroll Flynn, Albert Einstein, Bob Hope, Stan Laurel, Greta Garbo, Werner Von Braun, Harry Houdini, Enrico Fermi, Desi Arnaz, Elizabeth Taylor, Irving Berlin, Charlie Chaplin, Ceila Cruz, Alexander Graham Bell and Rudolph Valentino

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