The photograph, the source, and the unknowns
Three men who crossed alone, photographed in greatcoats and papakhas at the registry. Names not recorded.
- Archive caption
- Three Russian Cossacks
- Creator
- Augustus Francis Sherman
- Date
- 1906
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons (DPLA / University of Colorado Boulder contribution; NYPL original)
- Rights
- Photographer died 1925; created 1906; NYPL/DPLA mark public domain · Public Domain Mark 1.0
- Source record
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Augustus Francis Sherman. “Three Russian Cossacks.” 1906. Wikimedia Commons (DPLA / University of Colorado Boulder contribution; NYPL original). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_Cossacks_-_DPLA_-_9f17eb77547b1c69bcac1b2d49855759.jpg. Viewed via Nostalgia Museum artifact 737, reviewed 22 August 2026. https://getnostalgia.ai/museum/artifact/OBDCTXEkXJQR5s1q/737/face/912
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