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{"value"=>"circa 1905-1914", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1905/1914"}
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1905
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1914
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{"value"=>"I. E. Augustus F. Sherman photographs"}
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{"value"=>"5 boxes", "format"=>"simple"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Sherman was the Chief Registry Clerk at Ellis Island and an avid photographer. He sought out interesting faces and costumes from the groups of immigrants and would request they sit for him in their native dress.</p> <p>The Augustus F. Sherman photographs may be found in the NYPL Digital Gallery by following this link: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgtitle_tree.cfm?level=1&title_id=279977</p> <p>The titles of the Augustus F. Sherman photographs are from Peter Mesenhöller <span class=\"title\">Augustus F. Sherman: Ellis Island Portraits, 1905-1920</span>.</p>"}
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{"type"=>"local_mss", "value"=>"553627"}
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1905
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1914
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1905