Marcie Jimenez
Chang mo Kang
Erinn Kuehne
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Environment of the Shelter
View of the island from inside the building behind a bar window.
Tri-level bunk beds for the migrants to sleep on.
Chinese writing on walls. There were many great poetry created on walls of Angel Island.
Activities around Angel Island
Immigration on Angel Island
Angel island transformed as an immigration camp. It had people from many race such as Australians and New Zealanders, Canadians, Mexicans, Central and South Americans, Russians, and in particular, Asians. As you can see from the visual above, the mass percentage of the immigrants were Asian, Chinese to be precise. About 90% of the population on Angel Island were Chinese. Families were all separated away by each other before the medical tests, looking particularly for parasitic infections.Info From:
http://www.aiisf.org/history
&
http://immigration-online.org/20-angel-island.html
Image From:
http://www.alamo.edu/pac/faculty/rhines/1302theme2.htm
Entry by Lt. Juan Manuel de Ayala
September 18, 1775
On the fifth of August, the crew of the San Carlos came across a cove that we found of an island in a bay off the Pacific Ocean. It seemed to be one of the only suitable harbors to keep the San Carlos in. The island did not seem to have any inhabitants except for a local indian tribe who uses the land for hunting and fishing. Since I seemed to be the first civilized person to discover this natural harbor, I rightfully named it Ayala Cove. Today is the day we set sail for the seas again, but during our stay here, we were able to map most of the island and explore a few of the other islands in the bay, such as Alcatraz which the crew and I also discovered.
Info from:
Picture from:http://www.bcx.org/photos/places/parks/angelisland/
Breaking News: Nike Missiles in the Bay
In 1954, the same year that the Ayala Cove area of Angel Island was sectioned off for the California State Park Commission, a Nike missile base was built on Angel Island. The main reason for this base was to protect the San Francisco Bay Area from foreign threats that never came. Eight years later, in 1962, the base was shut down and the missiles were remove from the island. After the base was decommissioned, the rest of the island, except a Coast Guard base, was given for the state park.
Info from:
Picture from:http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/CA/Airfields_CA_SanFran.htm
Modern Angel Island
Angel Island is an island located in California, San Francisco. It was used for military forts and immigration centers in the early twentieth century. Angel Island is now used as a state park. It is administered by the California State Park. Now, Families,friends and tourists takes a hike, have a picnic, ride bikes or kayak and camp. The only way to get to Angel Island is by
ferries.
info from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Island_%28California%29
image from:
http://angelisland.org/
By:Changmo Kang
Quarantine Station
In 1891, a Quarantine Station was opened at Ayala Cove , where ships from foreign ports could be fumigated, and immigrants suspected of carrying diseases could be kept in isolation. Obtained from the Navy in 1892, the decommissioned, ALGOMA-class wooden screw sloop USS Omaha and its boilers were used to supply superheated steam for
People suspected of carrying disease were first isolated at Angel Island and then put through a process that would cleanse their bodies of the infection. After they were cleared they would continue to the mainland.
The position of the Quarantine station was inconvenient, since it was so far from mainland clinics.
As years passed, use of Quarantine Stations diminished. Better medical examinations were made at ports of embarkation, and improved medical practices
In 1946 the Station was declared surplus, and all functions were moved to San Francisco. In 1957, three years after the cove became a State Park, all but four of the Quarantine Station’s forty-odd buildings were razed. Today little evidence remains of the sixty-five years of public service provided by the Angel Island Quarantine Station.
Miwok Artifacts
This is a coiled basket woven by the Miwok Indians. Twining style is indigenous to Norther California Indians, while the other practice, coiling, is a more general style . Compared to twining, coiling emphasizes the coils. These types of baskets were used to collect and store food or water.
This is an Indian headdress.
These are arrowheads carved from rock. The arrowheads were used for fishing or hunting game. Arrowheads are formed by hitting a rock with a harder rock to form sharp slivers, which is the arrowhead.
An Account from the Inside
When the ship finally entered the San Francisco Bay, all the passengers were separated. The few who were of a wealthier status were free to embark on land, while the rest of us were sent to Angel Island. There we were quarantined until deemed fit to enter. When we arrived on the island, we were again separated by race and then began our medical exams. Luckily for me, I passed my exam, but those who did not, were immediately deported back to the land they were trying to flee. The easy part was over and now I had to worry about the oral exam. It took about a week to receive my test and while waiting, I was stuck in what was called the barracks, but to me, it felt like a prison. It even included the stereotypical guards and a huge fence. The conditions inside were barely sanitary and my time spent waiting was focused on keeping myself healthy. After two weeks of living on the island, I was given my oral exam and just passed. Even though I knew I would face hardships in this new foreign country, my freedom that was suppressed while on Angel Island could never be taken away from me again.
Info from:
http://www.aiisf.org/history
http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Detained_on_Angel_Island
Image from:
http://www.wright.edu/cgi-bin/cm/dialogue/dialogue.cgi?action=section_bymonth§ion=features&month=May&year=2006
Involvement in the World Wars
During both World War I and II, the former Fort McDowell on Angel Island was used as a transit station for leaving and returning soldiers. There was such a high need for American soldiers across the ocean that the station had to expand its operation to another close island. In the old immigration station, also located on the island, it held German and Japanese prisoners of war (POW's) during WWII. These prisoners were held here only temporarily, while waiting to be transferred to inland camps.
Image provided by:
http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2009/summer/angel.html
http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2009/summer/angel.html
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