Museum artifact

Turned away at the door: a Hungarian group, February 1905

Printed in The New York Times that Sunday, captioned 'Hungarian Gypsies all of whom were deported.' The only photograph on this wall where we know how the story ended: the door did not open. February 1905 · Ellis Island, New York Harbor

Turned away at the door: a Hungarian group, February 1905
Turned away at the door: a Hungarian group, February 1905February 1905 · Ellis Island, New York Harbor
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The photograph, the source, and the unknowns

Printed in The New York Times that Sunday, captioned 'Hungarian Gypsies all of whom were deported.' The only photograph on this wall where we know how the story ended: the door did not open.

Archive caption
Hungarian group, photographed before deportation
Creator
Augustus Francis Sherman
Date
1905-02
Credit
Wikimedia Commons (DPLA / University of Colorado Boulder contribution; NYPL original)
Rights
Photographer died 1925; published in the New York Times Feb 1905 (pre-1930 US publication); NYPL marks no known restrictions · Public Domain Mark 1.0
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Augustus Francis Sherman. “Turned away at the door: a Hungarian group, February 1905.” 1905-02. Wikimedia Commons (DPLA / University of Colorado Boulder contribution; NYPL original). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Group_photograph_of_Hungarian_immigrants_-_DPLA_-_15cdc52f69b95a0dea8746982d33d643.jpg. Viewed via Nostalgia Museum artifact 735, reviewed 22 August 2026. https://getnostalgia.ai/museum/artifact/OBDCTXEkXJQR5s1q/735

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