DescriptionBlack-and-white photo of employee on last ferry from Ellis Island waving goodbye as it ended its role as an immigration station, New York harbor, November 12, 1954. 7" x 9" wide print. Photograph taken by United Press Association, Star & Tribune Bldg., Minneapolis, MN.(credit stamp on back); (Chicago) Tribune cut order stamp; artists timestamp; partial clip of published captioned photo and article, dated Nov 13 1954. From the Tribune morgue. Integral caption in image at bottom: NXP75-11/12 - New York: An employe [sic - employee] who has worked for the Immigration Services for 30 years, waves goodbye to Ellis Island as the last ferry pulls out. The tiny island in N.Y. Harbor which for 62 years has been the vestibule for the "tired, the poor, the huddled masses" of the world is deserted 11/12 except for the sea gulls. The Immigration Services has closed Ellis Island, familiar first stopping place for millions of immigrants. UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO. ==== The man is not identified. Hoboken was once the American home port for several passenger lines that had brought immigrants to America and that were processed at Ellis Island for several decades.