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Two children from the Island of Marken

Two Dutch toddlers on the Ellis Island stairs, holding religious tracts. Who gave them the tracts, and who they became, the record does not say. circa 1905-1914 · Ellis Island, New York Harbor

Two children from the Island of Marken
Two children from the Island of Markencirca 1905-1914 · Ellis Island, New York Harbor
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The photograph, the source, and the unknowns

Two Dutch toddlers on the Ellis Island stairs, holding religious tracts. Who gave them the tracts, and who they became, the record does not say.

Archive caption
Two children from the Island of Marken
Creator
Augustus Francis Sherman
Date
circa 1905-1914
Credit
Wikimedia Commons (DPLA / University of Colorado Boulder contribution; NYPL original)
Rights
Photographer died 1925; created 1905-1914; NYPL/DPLA mark public domain · Public Domain Mark 1.0
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Augustus Francis Sherman. “Two children from the Island of Marken.” circa 1905-1914. Wikimedia Commons (DPLA / University of Colorado Boulder contribution; NYPL original). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dutch_siblings_from_the_Island_of_Marken,_holding_religious_tracts_-_DPLA_-_cb27892ef2778ddda7f91fad9222347e.jpg. Viewed via Nostalgia Museum artifact 740, reviewed 22 August 2026. https://getnostalgia.ai/museum/artifact/OBDCTXEkXJQR5s1q/740

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