More Ellis Island Photographs

Augustus Frederick Sherman worked as a clerk on Ellis Island. During this time, between 1904 and 1925, he took about 250 photographs of the travelers coming through immigration. At times he would ask the travelers to pose in the traditional clothing of their homeland

1) Ukranian Woman
2) Hindu Man
3) Dutch Siblings

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More Ellis Island Photographs

Augustus Frederick Sherman worked as a clerk on Ellis Island. During this time, between 1904 and 1925, he took about 250 photographs of the travelers coming through immigration. At times he would ask the travelers to pose in the traditional clothing of their homeland

1) Young Hindu Man
2) Chinese Woman
3) Danish Man - Peter Meyer, 57

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Ellis Island

Augustus Frederick Sherman worked as a clerk on Ellis Island. During this time, between 1904 and 1925, he took about 250 photographs of the travelers coming through immigration. At times he would ask the travelers to pose in the traditional clothing of their homeland

1) Wilhelm Schleich, A miner from Germany
2) Romanian Piper, 1910
3) Albanian Soldier

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Ellis Island

Augustus Frederick Sherman worked as a clerk on Ellis Island. During this time, between 1904 and 1925, he took about 250 photographs of the travelers coming through immigration. At times he would ask the travelers to pose in the traditional clothing of their homeland

1) Guadeloupe Woman
2) Italian Woman, 1910
3) Dutch Woman, 1910

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Ellis Island

Augustus Frederick Sherman worked as a clerk on Ellis Island. During this time, between 1904 and 1925, he took about 250 photographs of the travelers coming through immigration. At times he would ask the travelers to pose in the traditional clothing of their homeland

1) A German stowaway - later deported 1911
2) Algerian Man
3) Romanian Shepherd, 1906

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Immigrant Families at Ellis Island

Augustus Frederick Sherman worked as a clerk on Ellis Island. During this time, between 1904 and 1925, he took about 250 photographs of the travelers coming through immigration. Often he would photograph immigrants that were being detained, ushering them out of the chaos of the main hall so the immigrants themselves would be the main focus.

1) A Dutch Family
2) A Scottish Family headed to Alabama, 1905
3) Johanna Dykhof (Dutch) and her 11 children moving to Minnesota
4) A Jewish Family from England

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Immigrant Families at Ellis Island

Augustus Frederick Sherman worked as a clerk on Ellis Island. During this time, between 1904 and 1925, he took about 250 photographs of the travelers coming through immigration. Often he would photograph immigrants that were being detained, ushering them out of the chaos of the main hall so the immigrants themselves would be the main focus.

1) A Roma Family
2) A Finnish Family
3) Polish mother and her 9 children

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Immigrant Families at Ellis Island

Augustus Frederick Sherman worked as a clerk on Ellis Island. During this time, between 1904 and 1925, he took about 250 photographs of the travelers coming through immigration. Often he would photograph immigrants that were being detained, ushering them out of the chaos of the main hall so the immigrants themselves would be the main focus.

1) A German Family
2) 13 Members of the Istanovic family, Serbian Roma, 1904
3) The Kohn Family, a Jewish family from Kishinev, Russia, 1904

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