Historical Portraits

Black and white historical photographs of individuals from different backgrounds, capturing moments of life, identity, and culture from the past.

(L TO R): AMBROSE SWASEY & JOHN BRASHEAR RELAXING AT A COTTAGE ON MT. WILSON.

When unemployed, migrants work in labor home gardens. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

A migrant orange picker, Polk County, Florida 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Southern lady on the veranda of the "Big House" at the Wray Plantation, Georgia. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Georgia, Plantations

Farmer chopping wood, Pie Town, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

Santough Abdalian, Laura and Hagop Arzouhaljian , Spouses, Beaches. Leon Abdalian Collection

George Messenger ,. Messenger Collection

Half-wit Corbin Hollow boy, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

(L TO R): AMBROSE SWASEY & JOHN BRASHEAR RELAXING AT A COTTAGE ON MT. WILSON.

A pair of young people standing against the background of a great snowman in the background fragments of farm buildings Circle of the Stachiewicz family

Unemployed family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped on a river bottom near Holtville, California. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Holtville, California , Imperial County, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939, Depressions, Internal migrants

Drought refugees from Texas encamped in California near Exeter. Seven in family. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Exeter (Calif.), California , Tulare County, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

Marble time in Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp (emergency). Plenty of space to play and plenty of companions for the children during pea harvest. Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley. California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Calipatria, California , Imperial County, Children of migrant laborers, Internal migrants, Labor camps

Burning out the horns of a calf. Roundup near Marfa, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Marfa, Texas , Presidio County

Roy H. Kurtz, Senior Foreman. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Spectators at county fair eating lunch, central Ohio. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Rome Italy may 1951 A nostalgic portrait of an Italian sailor evoking cherished family memories from the 1950s

Ben Kinchelow, ex-slave, full-length Portrait, Hondo, Texas, USA, from Federal Writer's Project, Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives, United States Work Projects Administration, 1937

A migrant orange picker, Polk County, Florida 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Man and woman in the grass, G. Hidderley (attributed to), c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph This photo is part of an album. Volendam paper. photographic support gelatin silver print historical persons. adult man. adult woman Volendam

The son of a migrant citrus worker near Winter Haven, Florida 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Partially-paralyzed man in May's Avenue camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , Oklahoma County

Man in a Straw Hat Standing in Doorway of a Barn Holding a Tobacco Pouch. Doris Ulmann, photographer (American, 1882 - 1934) 1925-1934 Full length portrait of a man standing in the doorway of a barn. He is wearing a white hat, suspenders and is holding a tobacco pouch. (Recto, mount) lower right, in pencil: "I H"; (Verso, mount) upper left, in red pencil: "197 sideways"; Upper right, in pencil: "47"; Lower left, in green ink: "98 circled"

Men Around Corral. Original Title: Miscellaneous. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Mrs. Wardlow bakes her own bread in her dugout house. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Dead Ox Flat, Oregon , Malheur County

Power for the old-fashioned merry-go-round is furnished by two husky Spanish-American men, Taos, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Taos, New Mexico , Taos County

People Eating Melon. Louis Fleckenstein, photographer (American, 1866 - 1943) 1907-1943

The Shack, a one time church; milk is dispensed here. Relief clients wait for hours, Scotts Run, Monongalia County, West Virginia. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Newly-arrived farmer and his wife on the Vale-Owyhee irrigation project. Malheur County, Oregon. He tried to get a FSA (Farm Security Administration) loan, but was refused and says it'll be harder without the loan but he guesses he'll make it 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Malheur County

Wolf Creek Farms, Ga. 1935 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Group of men at poultry cooperative, Brownwood, Tex. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Brownwood, Texas , Brown County

Neighbors of farmer who is selling out at auction, Pettis County, Missouri 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Family of Negro sharecropper, Little Rock, Arkansas. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Sharecroppers being moved away from roadside by highway officials to area between levee and Mississippi River, New Madrid County, Missouri 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Along the highway near Bakersfield, California. Dust bowl refugees. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Bakersfield, Migrant laborers' families, Migrant labor, California , Kern County

Texas drought refugees in cotton camp near Exeter, California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Exeter (Calif.), California , Tulare County, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939, Internal migrants

Wife of migratory worker hanging up laundry at the Agua Fria Migratory Labor Camp, Arizona. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Agua Fria, Arizona , Maricopa County

Postmaster Brown at Old Rag. Shenandoah National Park, Virginia 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Group of (Preventorium) Girls. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Fort Totten Agency. 1903-1947. Photographs

Even at a Fourth of July picnic baby brother must have his nap, Vale, Oregon. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Vale, Oregon , Malheur County

At Levin: Dipping at Cheslyn Rise, 4 April 1905. From the album: Family photographs 1904-1907, 1905, Levin, by Leslie Adkin.

Three women posing at a car in neighborhood by the sea; District-to-sea July 14 '24. Part of photo album from an unknown Dutch family with recordings of Suriname, Europe and Dutch East Indies.

Members of the Musgrove family, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

On board a boat during a wedding or a party, c. 1903 - c. 1908 photograph On board a boat during a wedding or a party. Part of the photo album of Dolph Kessler with recordings he made during his stay in England and on a world trip he undertook as secretary of Henri Detding (director of Royal Oil) to the Dutch East Indies, Japan, China and the United States, between 1906 and 1908. Netherlands cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print

Linworth, Ohio. People leaving church. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Sharecroppers, Marked Tree, Arkansas. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Squatters, Arkansas. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Stachiewicz Roman Jun. With a cane in the company of a man in a winter coat and a hat on his head in front of a wooden gamekeeper. Circle of the Stachiewicz family

Crippled miner, Westmoreland, County, Pennsylvania. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Man Standing by Field. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

A hitchhiking family waiting along the highway in Macon, Georgia. The father repairs sewing machines, lawn mowers, etc. He is leaving Macon, where a license is required for such work (twenty-five dollars) and heading back for Alabama. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Georgia, Internal migrants, Migrant laborers, Migrant laborers' families, Hitchhiking, Depressions

Domestic servants waiting for street car on way early in the morning. Mitchell Street, Atlanta, Georgia, May 1939. Three African American women waiting for street car on their way to work as domestics, early morning, Mitchell Street, Atlanta, Georgia, May 1939.. 1939. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Georgia, Storefronts, City & town life, African American women domestics, Atlanta (Ga.)

Negro FSA (Farm Security Administration) clients listening to farm supervisor at mass meeting near Marshall, Texas. Sabine Farms, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Marshall, Texas , Harrison County

Foresters at Work - Idaho. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Workers. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

"Skid Row." Howard Street, San Francisco, California. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , San Francisco, California , San Francisco County, Poverty, Skid row

Saturday afternoon, San Augustine, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Augustine, Texas , San Augustine County

Hans 1931.Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Camping and Picnicking - West Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Original caption: "Misc. People". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

The boy standing on the footbridge over the river. Circle of the Stachiewicz family

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Expedition star Mountains Julianatop (1959) - Guinea. approximately week walk Hollandia, leader Sibil Valley - Hollandia, geologist Ir. Chr. Bär, malaria, pick plane village Waris. Sentani airport, welcomed Mr. A. Boendermaker, Destrilation Interior. September 1959. Guinea, Waris

Funeral in Moengo, 1929 - 1930 photograph Suriname photographic support burial Moengo. Albina

Burros loaded with ore sacks in the Burro-Loading Contest at Labor Day Celebration, Silverton, Colorado. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado , Silverton, Colorado , San Juan County

Cowboys around branding fire, Custer National Forest Montana 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Faro Caudill, homesteader, at all day Sunday visiting, Pie Town, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

Ola, Idaho. FSA (Farm Security Administration) Ola self-help cooperative. Children of a member 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Ola, Idaho , Gem County

Wife and children of a Negro tenant farmer, Tupelo, Miss., Aug. 1935. An African American mother holding her baby.. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Mississippi, African American infants, African American mothers, Tupelo (Miss.)

Interested Spectators at Ball Game. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Evicted sharecroppers on Highway 60, New Madrid County, Missouri 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Tulare County. In Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory workers. Baby with club feet wearing homemade splints inside shoes Farmersville, Calif.. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Farmersville, California , Tulare County, Migrant laborers, Children of migrant laborers

Spanish-American farmer with his two sons, Trampas, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Las Trampas, New Mexico , Taos County

Tom Collins, manager of Kern migrant camp, talking with one of the members. California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Kern County, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939, Internal migrants

Eugene Davis, gold prospector, looking into chest where he has stored his belongings. Pinos Altos, New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pinos Altos, New Mexico , Grant County

One of a Texas sharecropper's ten children. Hall County, Texas. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Hall County, Farms, Sharecroppers, Children of sharecroppers

Recreation Organization - Michigan. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Woman client New England; possibly New Hampshire or Massachusetts. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire

Daughter of farmer living in Resettlement Administration purchase area. Oneida County, Idaho 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

A girl in the camp for white flood refugees, Forrest City, Arkansas. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Hairdresser in Batavia. Allied soldier at a hairdresser in Batavia. The hairdresser carries out his work in the open air.

Son of Charles Foster living in new house at Irwinville 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Dicee Corbin with some of her children and grandchildren, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

George and Florence Reid, Tuakau, 1920s, Tuakau, by Eric Lee-Johnson.

Ned Hinds, Eden Mills, Vermont 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Elsevier photo collection. Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana during a walk on the beach at Scheveningen at a breakwater .. March 1, 1925. Scheveningen, South Holland

Bingo players on the Fourth of July, Vale, Oregon. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Vale, Oregon , Malheur County

Indian girl and her baby cousin. Blueberry pickers' camp, Littlefork, Minnesota. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota , Littlefork, Minnesota , Koochiching County

At one of the new U.S. airbases in Russia, S/Sgt. Carl E. May, Hymeris, Ind., gives gum to a Russian child.

Mary Gillette, Grace McKinley, and Inez Grady with Children Sitting on Front Steps. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberdeen Area Office. Fort Berthold Agency. 1949-. Photographs

Large Cajun family on farm south of Crowley, Louisiana. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana , Crowley, Louisiana , Acadia Parish

Camping and Picnicking - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Mrs. Cowles, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Willie Doherstien, Washington Mass ,. Messenger Collection

Portrait of a man.

Geoffrey Archer outside a tent. Colonial officer, Geoffrey Archer, is seated on a folding chair in front of a small open tent, a pet dog by his side. Near Lake Baringo, British East Africa (Kenya), 1906. East Africa Protectorate (Kenya), 1906., Rift Valley, Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa.

Owner of the "Walking X" Ranch branding calf near Marfa, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Marfa, Texas , Presidio County

The present home of the Howard family. This family was photographed in April 1935. At that time they were on their way from Okla. to Calif. Camped in an open field. Mother pregnant with five starving children. Raw green onions were all that they had to eat. They were again photographed during the potato harvest. The baby was born then, and they had food. Now there is some prospect of a fairly decent home. A pile of odds and ends of lumber will eventually be a house. A truck garden is planted. Photographs. 1936. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

Mr. and Mrs. Gapen During Filming of "Travelers Toll". Original caption: Mr. & Mrs. Gapen, Taken During filming of "Travelers Toll." J. K. Hillers - 1927. State: Maryland.

Scotts Run, Monongalia County, West Virginia. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

1930s TOURIST COUPLE MAN AND WOMAN STOPPED STANDING ON ROAD WATCHING TWO BOYS WITH FARM WAGON PULLED BY TWO OXEN QUEBEC CANADA - m3706 HAR001 HARS 1 WAGON JUVENILE CANADA TEAMWORK VACATION LIFESTYLE FEMALES MARRIED BROTHERS RURAL SPOUSE HUSBANDS COPY SPACE FULL-LENGTH LADIES PERSONS FARMING MALES SIBLINGS TRANSPORTATION AGRICULTURE B&W PARTNER TIME OFF WIDE ANGLE DISCOVERY STRENGTH YOKE TRIP AND GETAWAY FARMERS RECREATION TOURIST AS HOLIDAYS OXEN SIBLING QUEBEC USED BOVINE CONCEPTUAL TOURING CAR DRAFT PULLED TRAINED BULLOCK JUVENILES MID-ADULT MID-ADULT MAN MID-ADULT WOMAN OX STOPPED VACATIONS

Putting out newspaper. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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