Silas A. Holmes
American Photographer · 1820–1886
16 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture
> On fair days those passing over the [Broadway] Bridge would be called to attention by the bugle of a photographer, who hoped to profit by the pictures taken from a window on Broadway. This quote from an article about Manhattan's Broadway Bridge describes how Silas A. Holmes, a photographer who maintained a studio on Broadway, attracted the attention of people on the bridge. In an 1867 advertisem
Works
View as IIIF ↗14th Street with Union Square and Washington Monument
Getty Museum · about 1855
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American Falls, Niagara City
Getty Museum · about 1850–1860
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City Hall, New York
Getty Museum · about 1855
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Fifth Avenue Looking South from Thirteenth Street
Getty Museum · about 1855
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Fort Hamilton and Long Island
Getty Museum · about 1855
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![[Monument to John Andre]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F36e15c31-6c44-45e5-b9f4-331e59abbebd%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Monument to John Andre]
Getty Museum · 1860–1869
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Narrows on East River
Getty Museum · about 1855
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![[Niagara Falls]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fd5e4dffe-826f-4659-bcbd-bb4bdd772cc6%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Niagara Falls]
Getty Museum · about 1855
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Niagara Falls
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1855
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![[Niagara Falls suspension bridge]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F214fbc56-be4d-4a4b-ab36-d4128c0516cd%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Niagara Falls suspension bridge]
Getty Museum · 1855–1860
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Palisades, Hudson River, Yonkers Docks
Getty Museum · about 1855
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![[St. Paul's Chapel]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Ff6fb6d29-59ca-4d22-b637-a368b6efafa6%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[St. Paul's Chapel]
Getty Museum · about 1855
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Table Rock, Niagara Falls
Getty Museum · about 1850–1855
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![[Troy, New York]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F732b4d29-04c9-455a-ad56-e74e0eccb470%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Troy, New York]
Getty Museum · 1855–1861
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![[Washington Square Park Fountain with Pedestrians]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fe824d942-fb5d-4560-b08b-e044ee7caa05%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Washington Square Park Fountain with Pedestrians]
Getty Museum · about 1855
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![[Waterfall]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F5c883cf0-9d4a-4d44-a35b-4aa214b64c9e%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Waterfall]
Getty Museum · about 1850–1860
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