Irish American Collection

John McCormack sells Liberty Bonds, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
John McCormack sells Liberty Bonds, 1917 or 1918. Irish American tenor singer John McCormack (1884-1945) seated at a table, selling Liberty Bonds to people during World War I.

Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889. Creators: Joseph Keppler, Bernhard Gillam
Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889

Mary Boyle O'Reilly, Writer, Lecturer On Sociology, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Mary Boyle O'Reilly, Writer, Lecturer On Sociology, 1913

Commodore Thomas Macdonough, U.S.N. c1820s, (1916). Creator: Unknown
Commodore Thomas Macdonough, U.S.Navy, c1820s, (1916). Fought in the first Barbary War and the War of 1812

Dr. McClure with Dr. Maria Montessori, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Dr. McClure with Dr. Maria Montessori, 1914
Dr. McClure with Dr. Maria Montessori, 1914. Italian educationalist Montessori was one of the first women to attend medical school in Italy

E.N. Hurley, 1919. Creator: Harris & Ewing. E.N. Hurley, 1919. Creator: Harris & Ewing
E.N. Hurley, 1919. Irish American businessman and inventor Edward Nash Hurley, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission

Hon. Richard Croker, 1897. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Richard Croker, 1897. Irish-American coroner, engineer, businessman, mobster. As leader of Tammany Hall in New York City, Croker received bribe money from the owners of brothels

Mary Boyle O'Reilly, writer, lecturer on sociology, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Mary Boyle O'Reilly, writer, lecturer on sociology, 1913. Irish-American social reformer and journalist during World War I. Her companion holds a document labelled A Bill

Senator Thomas Taggart, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Senator Thomas Taggart, between 1910 and 1917
Senator Thomas Taggart, between 1910 and 1917. Irish-American politician, hotelier and financier: Mayor of Indianapolis

Senator Thomas Taggart, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Senator Thomas Taggart, between 1910 and 1917
Senator Thomas Taggart, between 1910 and 1917.. Irish-American politician, hotelier and financier: Mayor of Indianapolis

Senator Taggart from Indiana, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Senator Thomas Taggart from Indiana, between 1910 and 1917. Irish-American politician, hotelier and financier: Mayor of Indianapolis

Their Coat of Arms, published April 11, 1889. Creator: Thomas Nast
Their Coat of Arms, published April 11, 1889

Archbishop John Hughes, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Archbishop Hughes, between 1855 and 1865. [Irish-American Roman Catholic priest: first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York]

Joseph Coburn, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Joseph Coburn, between 1855 and 1865. [Irish-American boxer]

Bishop Patrick Neeson Lynch, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Bishop Lynch, between 1855 and 1865. [Irish-born Roman Catholic priest: bishop of the Diocese of Charleston in South Carolina]

James Shields, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Jas. Shields, between 1855 and 1865. [Politician and US Army officer]

John Conness, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Hon. John Conness, between 1855 and 1865. [Politician and businessman]

Rev. Father William N. McNulty, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Rev. Father McNulty, between 1855 and 1865. [Roman Catholic priest: emigrated from Ireland to New York during the Great Famine]

Judge McCunn, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Judge McCunn, between 1855 and 1865

Actor John McCullough, between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
McCullough, John (Actor), between 1865 and 1880

Charles W. Jones of Florida, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Charles W. Jones of Florida, 1865-1880. Jones, Hon. Charles W. Senator of Florida, between 1865 and 1880. [Politician: became mentally ill, reportedly reduced to common vagrancy

General James Shields of Illiinois and Missouri, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
General James Shields of Illiinois and Missouri, 1865-1880. Shields, General James (not in uniform) Senator from Ill. & Missouri, between 1865 and 1880

General James Shields (not in uniform), between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Shields, General James (not in uniform), between 1865 and 1880. [Politician and Union Army soldier: the only person in U.S

Judge Busteed, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Judge Busteed, between 1860 and 1875

Rev. Father Curley, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Rev. Father Curley, between 1860 and 1875. [Irish-American astronomer]

John Conness of California, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Hon. John Conness of California, between 1860 and 1875. [Politician and businessman]

Colonel Michael Corcoran, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Col. Corcoran, between 1855 and 1865. [Officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War; close confidant of President Abraham Lincoln]

Charles O Conor, Irish patriot, between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
O Conor, Charles, Irish patriot, between 1865 and 1880. [American lawyer and politician: first Catholic presidential nominee]

John McCullough, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
John McCullough, 1865-1880. McCullough, John (Actor), between 1865 and 1880

Eugene Casserly of California, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Eugene Casserly of CAL, between 1860 and 1875. [Politician, journalist and lawyer]

Thomas Kinsella of New York, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Thomas Kinsella of N.Y. between 1860 and 1875. [Politician, printer: editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; postmaster of Brooklyn]

William Randall Roberts of New York, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Wm. Randall Roberts of N.Y. between 1860 and 1875. [Irish-American politician, diplomat: US Ambassador to Chile; member of the Fenian Brotherhood]

O Brien, Hon. James of N. Y. between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
O Brien, Hon. James of New York, between 1865 and 1880

Mrs. Dorthy Bell, Irish-German descent, twenty-seven years old... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
New Britain, Connecticut. Mrs. Dorthy Bell, Irish-German descent, twenty-seven years old, mother of two children, employed at the American Railway Express Company, sorting packages, weighing them

Possibly: Mrs. Dorothy Bell, Irish-German descent, twenty-seven... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: New Britain, Connecticut. Mrs. Dorothy Bell, Irish-German descent, twenty-seven years old, mother of two children

Mrs. Dorothy Bell, Irish-German descent, twenty-seven years old... New Britain, Connecticut, 1943
New Britain, Connecticut. Mrs. Dorothy Bell, Irish-German descent, twenty-seven years old, mother of two children, employed at the American Railway Express Company, sorting packages, weighting them

Senator Charles William Jones of Florida, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Senator Charles William Jones of Florida, 1865-1880. Jones, Senator Hon. Charles Wm. of Florida, between 1865 and 1880. [Became mentally ill, reportedly reduced to common vagrancy

John Quinn, 1908. Creator: John Butler Yeats
John Quinn, 1908

Cyrus Hall McCormick, mid 19th century. Creator: Charles Loring Elliott
Cyrus Hall McCormick, mid 19th century

John Quinn, 1908. Creator: George Benjamin Luks
John Quinn, 1908

Commodore Thomas Macdonough, c. 1815 / 1818. Creator: Gilbert Stuart
Commodore Thomas Macdonough, c. 1815/1818

George Pollock, 1793 / 1794. Creator: Gilbert Stuart
George Pollock, 1793/1794

Cyrus Hall McCormick, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

James T Farrell, American novelist, c1930s(?). Born in Chicago, James Thomas Farrell (1904-1979) is best remembered for his Studs Lonigan trilogy

Jack Legs Diamond, temporarily in the hands of the law in Troy, New York, USA, July 1931. Diamond (1897-1931) was a Prohibition-era Irish-American gangster in New York

James J Braddock, Irish-American boxer, 1938. Braddock (1905-1974) shocked the boxing world when he defeated World Heavyweight Champion Max Baer on points in 1935

Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish revolutionary, (1872). Meagher (1823-1867) also served in the United States Army as a brigadier general on the Union side during the American Civil War

Lieutenant Colonel James Haggerty, American soldier, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Lieutenant Colonel James Haggerty, American soldier, (1872). Haggerty, a Union soldier, was killed at the Battle of Bull Run on 21 July 1861

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