Portraits of America

New York

10 public-domain portraits and photographs from New York, late 1800s to early 1900s.

New York

Oscar Wilde (Civil War), 1882 (Internet Archive)

Oscar Wilde

1882

Zaida Ben-Yusuf, 1898 (Internet Archive)

Zaida Ben-Yusuf

1898

Portrait of Jaroslav Kocian, 1903 (Internet Archive)

Jaroslav Kocian, Bohemian Violinist Virtuoso Portrait, 1903

1903

Portrait of a Young Woman with Pearls, 1920 (Internet Archive)

Portrait of a Young Woman with Pearls by James Van Der Zee

1920

Portrait of a Young Man, 1920 (Internet Archive)

Portrait of a Young Man by James Van Der Zee

1920

Portrait of a Man in a Hat, 1920 (Internet Archive)

Portrait of a Man in a Hat by James Van Der Zee

1920

New York City

Olson Negatives, car_000669, 1920 (Internet Archive)

Olson Negatives, car_000669

1920

Olson Negatives, car_000670, 1920 (Internet Archive)

Olson Negatives, car_000670

1920

Unknown

Cayuga Lake, Elbow Curve, 1895 (Internet Archive)

Cayuga Lake, Elbow Curve

1895

West Point

hap_000042_access, 1905 (Internet Archive)

Henry Arnold as Cadet at West Point Military Academy

1905