**Thumbu Sammy, aged 17**April 14, 1911 · Ellis Island, New York Harbor

What the record says

The photograph, the source, and the unknowns

The archive filed him as 'Hindoo boy' for a century. A duplicate print carried a caption — Thumbu Sammy, aged 17, ex S.S. Adriatic — and gave him his name back.

Archive caption: Thumbu Sammy, aged 17, ex S.S. Adriatic
Creator: Augustus Francis Sherman
Date: 1911-04-14
Credit: Wikimedia Commons (DPLA / University of Colorado Boulder contribution; NYPL original)
Rights: Photographer died 1925; created 1911; NYPL/DPLA mark public domain · Public Domain Mark 1.0
Source record: Open the institution or repository record

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Augustus Francis Sherman. “Thumbu Sammy, aged 17.” 1911-04-14. Wikimedia Commons (DPLA / University of Colorado Boulder contribution; NYPL original). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hindoo_boy_-_DPLA_-_83255fecff0ec583cd310b5764523d6d.jpg. Viewed via Nostalgia Museum artifact 750, reviewed 22 August 2026. https://getnostalgia.ai/museum/artifact/OBDCTXEkXJQR5s1q/750

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