Bavarian Man

Titled "Bavarian man" in the library's records, about 1906 to 1914. Later research identified him as Wilhelm Schleich, a miner from Hohenpeissenberg in Bavaria. He poses on the steps outside the Ellis Island building in lederhosen with embroidered suspenders, knee socks and a small brimmed hat, hands resting on his belt. Sherman also took a seated close-up of the same man, but this full-length view shows the whole outfit.