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Male immigrant in ethnic dress at Ellis Island, New York

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Image ID

801546


Item data

Title

Male immigrant in ethnic dress at Ellis Island, New York

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Ellis Island

Names

Sherman, Augustus F., 1865-1925 (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: undated

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Ell

Subjects

Hats
Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York
Ethnic costume
Cossacks

Genres

Portrait Photographs

Notes

Source Note: Immigrants at Ellis Island : a collection of unidentified photographs, received as a gift in 1947. ([s.n.]).

Physical Description

Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 18 x 13 cm. (7 x 5 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17538108
Barcode: 33333159155106
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c07ad930-c55a-012f-ae3f-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Male immigrant in ethnic dress at Ellis Island, New York" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c07ad930-c55a-012f-ae3f-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. Male immigrant in ethnic dress at Ellis Island, New York Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c07ad930-c55a-012f-ae3f-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Male immigrant in ethnic dress at Ellis Island, New York" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c07ad930-c55a-012f-ae3f-58d385a7bc34

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