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Sherman, Augustus F., 1865-1925

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Personal name headingSherman, Augustus F., 1865-1925
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Variant(s)Sherman, Augustus, 1865-1925
Associated countryU.S.
Birth date18650709
Death date19250218
Place of birthLynn, Pa.
Profession or occupationPhotographer
Found inPortraits of immigrants at Ellis Island, New York, 1904-1926 (Augustus Sherman)
William Williams papers, 1902-1943 (Williams was Commissioner of Immigration for the Port of New York ca. 1902-1913; papers include scrapbooks of photos. of immigrants by Augustus Sherman)
NYPL files (Sherman, Augustus Francis, 1859?-1925; correspondence with public library in Tunkhannock, Pa.: b. 1865, d. 1925)
NY Times, Feb. 21, 1925 (Augustus F. Sherman, veteran official of the Immigration Bureau, d. Wed. [Feb. 18], at age of 59)
Wikipedia, Apr. 5, 2012 (Augustus Frederick Sherman worked as a clerk at Ellis Island in the years 1892-1925. He was an untrained, yet highly gifted photographer who created hundreds of images documenting the new arrivals to America. Born on July 9, 1865, in Lynn, Pennsylvania)