Augustus Frederick Sherman
Augustus Frederick Sherman , also Augustus F. Sherman or according to DNB Augustus Francis Sherman (born July 9, 1865 in Lynn , Pennsylvania , USA , † February 18, 1925 in New York City , USA) was an American official of the Bureau of Immigration , the United States immigration service, and photographer .
Life
Sherman's life data are very sparse. He was a member of the Episcopal Church and came to New York City in 1884. There he found employment with the Immigration Service on Ellis Island in 1892 and became an inspector at the end of his career. He was a hobby photographer and between 1905 and 1925 took around 250 portraits and family photos of immigrants who had to wait for their entry applications to be processed on the island.
reception
Sherman had the gift of convincing many of those portrayed to wear the traditional costumes they had brought with them for the photos. These rare documents have been shown both on Ellis Island and in other places in recent years, for example in 2006 at the German Emigration Center in Bremerhaven .
Exhibitions
- 2005: Augustus Frederick Sherman: Ellis Island Portraits, 1905–1910 . Ellis Island Museum, New York City.
- 2006: the same exhibition with 75 portraits in the German Emigration Center in Bremerhaven.
literature
- Peter Mesenhöller: Ellis Island Portraits, 1905–1920 , Aperture, New York City 2005, ISBN 1-931788-60-X .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ We find something better than death everywhere in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung of November 11, 2011, page 67
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sherman, Augustus Frederick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sherman, Augustus Francis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American immigration officer and amateur photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lynn , Pennsylvania , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1925 |
| Place of death | United States |