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

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