No matter what you think of present-day New York, the city has undeniably influenced the world. New York is a cultural hub—one of the greatest cities of human civilization.

In a post in Reddit’s Pics community, user TheZackAttack01 took us all the way back to the birth of New York’s culture of diversity by sharing a century-old photo collection of immigrants arriving to New York’s Ellis Island.

The photos were taken by Augustus Sherman, a Chief Registry Clerk who worked on Ellis Island from 1892 until 1925, according to the Public Domain Review.

The photos were published in National Geographic magazine in 1907, giving us a glimpse of what it felt like to be one of America’s early immigrants.

A Romanian shepherd (or Flea?)

Some redditors thought this was the most powerful image from the whole collection. Others were more amused by the man’s striking similarity to a modern-day celebrity.

A German stowaway

Scandinavian children

Italian woman

A boy from India

A Danish man

A Guadeloupean woman

Click here for the entire collection.