Herman Mishkin Photograph Collection

This collection of glass photographic negatives captures portraits of several Metropolitan Opera singers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The photographs were taken by Herman Mishkin, who was the official photographer of the Metropolitan Opera from 1910 to 1932.


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Madame Zerola
Madame Zerola
Soprano Madame Zerola in formal portrait in white hat with feathers (from left side)
Madame Zerola
Madame Zerola
Madame Zerola in a formal portrait in white hat with feathers (front view)
Madame Zerola
Madame Zerola
Madame Zerola in a formal portrait standing
Manuel Salazar
Manuel Salazar
Tenor Manuel Salazar in drawing room
Maria Duchéne
Maria Duchéne
Contralto Maria Duchéne in costume as Queen of the Gypsies in Michael Balfe's 'The Bohemian'
Maria Duchéne
Maria Duchéne
Maria Duchéne looking down in black hat with lace veil (left-side)
Maria Duchéne
Maria Duchéne
Maria Duchéne looking up in black hat with lace veil (left-side)
Maria Duchéne
Maria Duchéne
Maria Duchéne looking up (left-side)
Maria Duchéne
Maria Duchéne
Maria Duchéne in black hat with feathers and black dress with lace trim
Maria Duchéne
Maria Duchéne
Maria Duchéne in black hat with with lace veil, head on right hand
Nicola Zerola
Nicola Zerola
Tenor Nicola Zerola in a formal portrait with white tie (right side)
Nicola Zerola
Nicola Zerola
Nicola Zerola in a formal portrait in gray tie (right side)

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