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my birthday
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David Eberhart
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birth and journey to america
My live in America began real badly. I lived in the slums of New York City for almost a year now and I hate it I’m 18 now and I work for Joe sour selling odds and ends on the streets. My home if you can even call it that is a small one room apartment that houses me and 6 other boys that work for the Joe sour. The filth was awful I cannot bear this much longer. I’ve just barely scraped together enough money to send for my mother. -
Ellis Island
Ellis IslandIn the early morning light the ship dropped us of at Ellis Island. Men greeted use and gave use numbers. We were hustled into a big room where we were told to leave belongings and wait for medical and legal inspections. For the medical inspection the doctors checked if I had any trouble breathing that sort of thing, I passed inspection my relief. I went to the baggage room to collect my bag of one spare set of clothes. After that I found a little corner to try to sleep for a while. -
Ellis Island
The next morning I woke up and quickly hustled over to the lines that were forming at the medical examination station the clerks passed me with no mark of chalk on my clothes so I think I’m fine. After that I get cleared to finally exit the building and get on a boat to New York City. When I arrive at the city ports I ask were the German section of the town is and head for it. I dig in a trashcan to find some scrapes I’m very hungry. Finally a group of kids take me to their home. -
Living in the slums
My live in America began real badly. I lived in the slums of New York City for almost a year now and I hate it I’m 18 now and I work for Joe sour selling odds and ends on the streets. My home if you can even call it that is a small one room apartment that houses me and 6 other boys that work for the Joe sour. The filth was awful I cannot bear this much longer. -
Boss tweed
I had enough of living in the filthy slums. When one of boss tweeds men came up to me one day and offered me a job and a decent apartment. I was one happy fellow I could have this all for just going to the ballet box and voting for boss tweed to be governor. So I got a job in construction earned enough money to buy myself a small house. By the year of 1895 I was married to a women named Jane Moretti , an Italian beauty the women of my dreams. My life in America was blossoming. -
Building the New York City Skyscrapers
I am so proud of myself because of the fact that I have just completed the park row building the tallest building in the world. I had the job of chief supervisor thanks to hard work in construction and boss tweed. The scene from the top is magnificent I took my wife up their as soon as it was finished. That reminds me we have been blessed with 2 children Dan and Joe Eberhart. I thank my mother every day that she saved that money for me to travel to America.
