Color Portraits of Immigrants at Ellis Island

An Alsace-Lorraine girl circa 1906 hailing from the Germanic speaking region of Alsace, which is in modern day France. The large bow, known as a schlupfkàpp, was worn by single women. The bows signified the bearer’s religion: black for Protestants, while Catholics favored brightly colored bows. (Photo by Augustus Francis Sherman/New York Public Library/The Guardian)
Color Portraits of Immigrants at Ellis Island
   
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