Early daggeureotype portrait of a candlestick maker
View Full Image in Harvard LibraryCitation/references: Harrison D. Horblit Collection of Early Photography--1999 Exhibition. Photographer unidentified. General note: Occupational portrait of an ironsmith. Fine composition. ; Horblit’s…
Daggeureotype of a woman with knitting implements
View Full Item in Missouri History MuseumPortrait of Eliza Westhoff, Mrs. Ernst Carl Angelrodt. She holds in her hand a pair of knitting needles and a piece of fabric. She also holds yarn that is attached to a ball of yarn sitting in a baske…
An example of a death portrait, or picture of departed family members taken as a keepsake
View Full Item in Minnesota Historical SocietyOriginal ambrotype in Minnesota Historical Society Unique Images Collection.
Advertisement for a daggeureotype portrait studio
J. E. MayallView Full Item in Bryn Mawr CollegeThis is the only card in the collection for this business. The card can be dated from J. E. Mayall's break from Van Loan. For more information, see http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/DSmayall.htm
Letter from soldier in the Civil War describing an attempt to get a portrait done
Wolfram, ChristianView Full Image in Indiana Historical SocietyThis portion of a letter describes Wolfram's failed attempt to get a daguerrotype done because there was too high a demand for them at one time. This Civil War Home Front collection was funded by LSTA…
Iconic portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Gardner, taken just months before his death
Alexander Gardner, 17 Oct 1821 - 1882View Full Item in National Portrait GalleryBorn Hardin County, Kentucky In February of 1865, just two months before Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, Alexander Gardner created this “cracked-plate” portrait, now considered one of the most import…
A photograph by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson from a series capturing residents of rural Scotland in their natural surroundings
David Octavius Hill, Robert AdamsonView Full Item in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Photograph
Portrait of English mathematician and astronomer Sir John Herschel by Julia Margaret Cameron
Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879View Full Item in Claremont Colleges LibraryPhotogravure from ""Sun Artists"". Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871) is the celebrated English mathematician and astronomer. He also made great contributions to the improvement of photog…
Men wearing fur coats, Sacred Heart, Minnesota
View Full Item in Minnesota Historical Society, 345 Kellogg Boulevard West, St. Paul, MN 55102-1906A cabinet photograph of two young men wearing fur coats.
Portrait of two women in the 1880s showing the vignetting technique made possible through new advances in photograph printing
Hillman, William Joseph, Richland Center, WI, 1878-1912View Full Item in Richland County History RoomFront Picture Description: Black and white formal portrait of 2 women. They are both wearing high collared dresses along with a corsage. Kate Cholerton was b. 6 Aug 1854 to Thomas C. Cholerton and Mar…
An early book of portraits of famous people from 1891
Stead, W. T. (William Thomas), 1849-1912, edView Full Item in Harvard UniversityPortrait of English author Oscar Wilde taken by Napoleon Sarony, known for his dramatic photos of artists and celebrities
View Full Item in Billy Rose Theatre Division. The New York Public LibraryPhoto of dancer Isadora Duncan by Arthur Genthe
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942View Full Item in Jerome Robbins Dance Division. The New York Public LibraryPortrait of a bride and groom circa 1919
Cochems, Edward W. (Edward William), 1874-1949View Full Item in UC Irvine, Libraries, Special CollectionsScope/Content: Cochem studio portraits, Santa Ana
Portrait of a Sri Lankan man in the late nineteenth century taken by Charles T. Scowen, photographer of the tea trade
Saché, John Edward 1824-1882, Beato, Felice b. ca. 1825, Kusakabe, Kimbei 1841-1934, Bourne, Samuel 1834-1912, Skeen & Co, Scowen & CoView Full Item in Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery ArchivesBritish photographer Charles T. Scowen arrived in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the early 1870s, where he was first employed as a clerk. By 1876, Scowen had established a studio, Scowen & Co., in Kandy, w…
Photograph by Frank A. Rinehart, who was famous for Native American portraits
Rinehart, F. A. (Frank A.)View Full Item in Buffalo Bill Center of the West, McCracken Research LibraryPortrait of Chief Sitting Bull with two feathers in his hair and wearing beaded vest.
A Slavic woman, probably at Ellis Island, photographed by Augustus Sherman as part of a series of portraits of immigrants
Sherman, Augustus F., 1865-1925View Full Item in Manuscripts and Archives Division. The New York Public LibraryPhotographer William E. Wilson takes a self-portrait with his equipment
Wilson, William Ernest, d. 1905View Full Image in Atlanta History CenterSelf portrait of photographer William E. Wilson in his studio in Savannah, Georgia. William E. Wilson was a photographer who lived in Savannah, Georgia, and Mobile, Alabama, near the end of the ninete…
Self-portrait by Alvin Langdon Coburn in 1905
Alvin Langdon CoburnView Full Item in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Photograph
Advertisement for a photography studio that produced postcard portraits
A.J. Park's Electric StudioView Full Image in University of WashingtonCommercial and professional servicesPublishing industryEntertainment and leisure activities
Composite photo of a high school class in 1912
Bachrach, Louis Fabian, 1881-1963View Full Item in Barre Historical SocietyTitle supplied by cataloger. Date from item. Louis Fabian Bachrach
Portrait of a cadet in officer’s reserve training school in the lead up to World War I
View Full Item in Santa Clara UniversityAlbert J. Newlin in his uniform. Santa Clara became an Officer's reserve training school in 1917. All students were enrolled in the Students Army Training Core, and wore uniforms as their daily garb.
Portrait of a bricklayer by August Sander, part of his series on everyday citizens of 1920s Germany
August SanderView Full Item in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Photograph
Portrait of a circus performer in Germany during the rise of the Third Reich
August SanderView Full Item in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Photograph
Photograph of a rural Appalachian woman with equipment for carding and spinning wool by Doris Ulmann
Ulmann, Doris, d. 1934View Full Item in Western Carolina UniversityThis photograph of Sarah Sanoma Hatchett was taken by Doris Ulmann in the Brasstown, N.C. area, in the summer of 1933. Hatchett, known locally as "Granny Hatchett," was a weaver and spinner from Bellv…
Dorothea Lange’s iconic “Migrant Mother” portrait
Lange, DorotheaView Full Item in National Museum of American HistoryDuring the Great Depression, government photographer Dorothea Lange took this picture at a migrant farmworkers' camp near Nipomo, California. Lange's brief caption recorded her impressions of the fami…
Sharecropping family documented by Walker Evans in 1936 for the Farm Security Administration
Walker Evans, born St. Louis, MO 1903-died New Haven, CT 1975View Full Item in Smithsonian American Art MuseumYearbook page showing portraits of a school class in 1935
View Full Text in University of WashingtonGordon graduated from Auburn High School in 1935 at age 16 with an overwhelming list of extracurricular activities next to his picture in the yearbook. His interests included: Hi-Y, German Club, Opere…
Photograph of a young sailor in uniform during World War II
View Full Item in University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield LibraryStudio portrait of young man wearing sailor's uniform. Photo caption reads: Bob Hintz, U.S. Navy, World War II.
Portrait of actress Pearl Bailey by photographer Carl Van Vechten
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964View Full Item in Marquette UniversityDramatic portrait of actress Anna May Wong by celebrity photographer George Hurrell
George Hurrell, 1904 - 17 May 1992View Full Item in National Portrait GalleryPortrait of actress Veronica Lake by celebrity photographer George Hurrell
George Hurrell, 1904 - 17 May 1992View Full Item in National Portrait GalleryPhotograph of singer Marian Anderson by celebrity photographer Richard Avedon
Richard AvedonView Full Item in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Photograph
Photograph of then Vice President Richard Nixon by Philippe Halsman, who encouraged his subjects to be unguarded
Philippe HalsmanView Full Item in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Photograph
Whimsical photograph of Junebug Clark pointing a toy gun at her father, the photographer
Clark, JoeView Full Item in UNT Libraries Special CollectionsPhotograph of Junebug Clark pointing a toy double barrel toy gun at the camera lens. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Looks dangerous, but my father was testing out a lens modified by Marty Forscher (NYC)…
Self-portrait of photographer Imogen Cunningham
Cunningham, ImogenView Full Item in National Museum of American HistorySilver gelatin, black and white, mounted. Photographer's self portrait in vertical mirror in store front. Dissembled lighting fixtures on ground. Strathmore blindstamp. Verso: Imogen Cunningham label…
Portraits, ideas and design: oral history with Imogen Cunningham
Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, Daniel, Edna TartaulView Full Item in UC Berkeley, Oral History Center of The Bancroft LibraryCalifornia Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP) Notes on her family and early life in Seattle; introduction to photography; study in Germany; Steiglitz and the Photo Secession; marriage to Roi Par…
An artistic expression in portraiture, focusing on hands reading braille instead of the face
Imogen CunninghamView Full Item in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Photograph
Photograph of a young couple by Diane Arbus
Arbus, DianeView Full Item in Claremont Colleges LibraryWoman with long hair her arm around a man dressed in jeans and denim jacket both sitting on a park bench in Washington Square Park, NYC, 1965.
Personal family portraits taken using amateur photography equipment
View Full Item in Brooklyn Public LibraryBlack and white portrait photograph of crying baby (left); color snapshot of seated girl holding infant (right). Donated for capture by Iris Sheber at Kings Bay library. Title devised by cataloger. Or…
Polaroid photograph of Mamie McFadden Ward
View Full Item in McFaddin-Ward House MuseumPolaroid photograph of Mamie McFaddin Ward wearing a patterned dress and a red coat, standing in a room with curtains covering windows in the background. 1 photograph : col. ; 11 x 9 cm.
School portrait of smiling boy
View Full Item in Brooklyn Public LibrarySchool portrait of Crown Heights resident Eric Osorio (perhaps nine-years old) dressed in a collared shirt and tie. Donated for capture by Eric Osorio at Red Hook Library. Title devised by cataloger.…
Self portrait by photographer Cindy Sherman
Cindy ShermanView Full Item in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Photograph
Portrait of pioneering 1970s politician Shirley Chisolm by Richard Avedon in his signature style
Richard Avedon, 15 May 1923 - 1 Oct 2004View Full Item in National Portrait GalleryBorn Brooklyn, New York Shirley Chisholm began her professional career as a teacher in New York City. But the racial and political acuity that her father fostered in her soon piqued her interest in po…
Provocative self portrait by art photographer Nan Goldin
Nan GoldinView Full Item in The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Photograph
Portrait of singer Bruce Springsteen in 1984
Annie Leibovitz, born 2 Oct 1949View Full Item in National Portrait GalleryBorn Long Beach, New Jersey In the early 1970s, Bruce Springsteen honed his musical chops in north Jersey bars and roadhouses, writing songs and creating a sound that became the anthem for disaffected…
Portrait of Glenn and Justin Clifton by the Olan Mills Photography company, mimicking nineteenth-century styles
Olan Mills Portrait StudiosView Full Image in Indiana State LibraryPhotograph of Glenn Arthur Clifton Jr. and Justin Ray Clifton in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Sonia Rodriguez in a studio photography session
Conzo, Joe (American hip hop photographer)View Full Item in Cornell UniversityCornell: The Joe Conzo, Jr Archive; A studio photo session of Sonia.
Informal wedding portrait of Ruksana Alladeen and Azad Insanali
Ruksana AlladeenView Full Item in Queens Borough Public LibraryRuksana Alladeen and Azad Insanali at their wedding. Collected through the Culture in Transit grant program, 2015-2016, in collaboration with Brooklyn Connections and I.S. 238.
Studio portrait of sisters taken in 1998
UnknownView Full Item in San José State University, Special Collections and ArchivesPhotograph is a portrait, taken in the Spring of 1998, of Lauren age 9 and Alyse age 5. They are in matching outfits and are standing on either side of a small column with their forearms resting on it…
A modern soldier portrait that showcases the sitter’s personality
View Full Item in University of North Carolina at GreensboroFilename caption reads: "Family portrait with Cadet and Rocky Dec 2012."
Student takes a “selfie” at University of North Texas Commencement
Clark, JunebugView Full Item in UNT Libraries Special CollectionsPhotograph of student taking her own photograph as she graduates at a UNT commencement ceremony. 1 photograph : col.
