About Herman Mishkin
Lived 1871 – 1948 (aged 76–77). Herman Mishkin was an American photographer.
Herman Mishkin (March 1870 – February 6, 1948) was a Russian-American photographer in Manhattan, New York City. He specialized in photographing opera singers. Mishkin was born in Minsk, Russian Empire 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. He died on February 6, 1948.
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Who was Herman Mishkin?
Russian American photographer (1871–1948)
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Herman Mishkin was born in 1871 in Minsk.
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Herman Mishkin died in 1948 in New York City.
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Herman Mishkin was a photographer.
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Herman Mishkin was American.
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