[1] Histed went to United States and created a successful business in Chicago, and then in Pittsburgh.

In 1898 he made portraits of H. Rider Haggard, Clara Butt and the Empress of Germany, the last by command of Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle.

He also photographed Royal Academicians, leading actors for The Candid Friend and Pope Pius X.

The largest collection of his work is held by the Museum of the City of New York.

[4] After the 1933 social season, Histed retired and relocated to a 200-acre farm in Jupiter, Florida, situated on the Loxahatchee River.