Herman Mishkin (March 1870 – February 6, 1948) was a Russian-American photographer in

Manhattan, New York City Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the List of co ...

. He specialized in photographing

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s. Mishkin was born in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

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in March 1870. He migrated to the United States in 1885. He bought a camera and started taking photographs in the 1880s. He married and had a son,

Leo Mishkin Leo Mishkin (January 22, 1907 - December 27, 1980) was an American film, theater, and television critic of the mid-20th century. He was also a long-time member of the New York Film Critics Circle and served at least one term as chair. Biography H ...

. He died on February 6, 1948.

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* * 1870 births 1948 deaths Photographers from New York City People from Manhattan Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States Artists from Minsk {{US-photographer-stub