Shalom Nadoff, a Yemenite rabbi, Ellis Island, 1926
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Title
Shalom Nadoff, a Yemenite rabbi, Ellis Island, 1926
Collection
Series of photographic documents of social conditions, 1905-1939
Unit I, Immigration, (1), Ellis Island, scenes and personalities
Names
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1905 - 1926 (Approximate)
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: MFZ (Hine) 95-33, 89PH019.020
Subjects
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
Emigration and immigration -- United States -- 20th century
Yemeni Americans
Jews
Nadoff, Sholom Chaim, 1901-1986
Rabbis
Genres
Notes
Ownership: Transferred from U.S. History, Local History and Geneology Division, 1988; Gift of the Russell Sage Foundation
Biographical/Historical: The subject of the photograph has been identified as Shalom Nadoff, a Yemenite rabbi. The original caption in their records, has been changed by the Ellis Island Museum and George Eastman House, to "A Yemenite Jew from Palestine." See reference: Chen, Angela. "Rightly Identified—At Last 'Armenian Jew, Ellis Island Immigrant, 1926' Is Actually a Picture of Shalom Nadoff." Wall Street Journal, December 15, 2013, viewed at archive.today, webpage capture, https://archive.ph/CZSAh#selection-85.5-89.83., retrieved 2 September, 2025.
Physical Description
Extent: Print Size: 6 1/2 x 4 9/16 in. (16.5 x 11.6 cm) Mat / Mount: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12326660
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG95-F73
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12326669
TMS ID: 222315
TMS Object Number: 88PH019.020
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 25.06.004
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b8996570-c608-012f-6428-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Shalom Nadoff, a Yemenite rabbi, Ellis Island, 1926" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1905 - 1926. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8996570-c608-012f-6428-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1905 - 1926). Shalom Nadoff, a Yemenite rabbi, Ellis Island, 1926 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8996570-c608-012f-6428-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Shalom Nadoff, a Yemenite rabbi, Ellis Island, 1926" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8996570-c608-012f-6428-58d385a7bc34
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