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Classic Studio Portraits of Women

Elegant vintage portraits of women in formal attire, capturing the essence of 20th-century photography with a focus on beauty and grace.

Miss Calshan, October 1935, Wellington, by Spencer Digby Studios. Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf Collection. Gift of Ronald Woolf, 1975.
Miss Calshan, October 1935, Wellington, by Spencer Digby Studios. Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf Collection. Gift of Ronald Woolf, 1975.
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Celia Galway, 1935-1939, Wellington, by Spencer Digby Studios. Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf Collection. Gift of Ronald Woolf, 1975.
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Elsevier photo collection. Princess Margriet. 1965
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Poll photo collection. Portraits. Portrait of actress Adrienne Canivez. March 1936. France, Paris
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Mrs. D.R. Hall, formerly Miss Frances Perkins, whose marriage took place in London on March 22nd to The Hon. David R.Hall, former Attorney-General of New South Wales, and former Minister of Justice of Sydney, N.S.W. and of Portland Place, London. Mrs. Hall comes from Dunedin, New Zealand, and has lived in Malaya, and Ceylon. She is the elder daughter of the late Alexander Campbell ***** well-known Consulting Mining Engineer, of New Zealand & Malaya. June 25, 1944. (Photo by Pearl Freeman).
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Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, later Duchess of Windsor American socialite. Born in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, she divorced her second husband, Ernest Simpson in order to marry Edward VIII who abdicated the throne in December 1936 to marry her. Date: 1896 - 1986
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Woman; inscribed 'Mrs Bolton' Nitrate negatives, gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits
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Clara Campoamor (1888-1972), Spanish politician and feminist.
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Lily Hanbury (1874-1908), English actress, early 20th century.Artist: Stereoscopic Company
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Daughter of Anders Carlsson, Hybo. Dotter till Anders Carlsson, Hybo.
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Mrs. Trevor Bailey (above) wife of the English test Cricketer, is convinced that presence of wives does not disrupt the harmony of sporting teams."I think our presence would encourage our husbands, " said Mrs. Bailey. Mrs. Bailey said that she had spent many lonely winter months while her husband toured other countries. For the past two years she had spent Christmas alone with her children. She did not know whether she would be allowed to travel with the team. January 01, 1955. (Photo by Associated Newspapers Limited).
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Miss M Reid black-and-white negatives, studio portraits, gelatin silver negatives
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Agatha Christie (1890-1976) - English crime novelist, short story writer and playwright - photograph taken soon after the publication of her first Poirot novel in 1923. Date: 1923
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Portrait of Gijsbert Voet, born 1589, professor in theology at the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences (1634-1676), died 1676. Borst statue left, in Toga, in Ovaal.
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Frances Perkins (1880-1965), American Sociologist and Workers-Rights Advocate, served as U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1933-1945, First Woman appointed to U.S. Cabinet, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Clara Sipprell, 1952
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Poll photo collection. Travel to Poland. Portrait of Maria Moscicki-Dobrza Ska, wife of Polish President Ignacy Moscicki at a table. January 1, 1934. Poland, Warsaw
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Elsy Jansson (). Photo in February 1940. Elsy Jansson (). Foto i februari 1940.
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Gladys Young, Radio and Television Actress. November 4, 1953. (Photo by Dorothy Wilding, Camera Press).
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Mrs. Leopoldine Hacker was in good spirits as she and her husband Arthur, discussed arrangements to meet in the city at 5.30.Less than 12 hours later she was dead - the victim of a brutal and vicious attack. July 15, 1952.
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'HRH The Duchess of Gloucester' (1901-2004), 1937. Artist: Unknown.
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Peggy Ashcroft, in " The Heiress" : For her anxiety, pathos and Desperation as she waits vainly in the parlour at Washington square for an elopement that can never take place. March 02, 1949.;Peggy Ashcroft, in " The Heiress" : For her anxiety, pathos and Desperation as she waits vainly in the parlour at Washington square for an elopement that can never take place.
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H.R.H. Princess Marina (Duchess Of Kent) - Portraits Prior To 1950. March 21, 1944.
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Miss Margaret Clement. July 8, 1952.
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Dame Sybil Thorndike. January 28, 1953. (Photo by Raymond S. Kleboe, Picture Post).
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Woman; inscribed 'Mrs Rod' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits
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Agathe W. Richrath
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Woman; inscribed 'Miss West' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits
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Miss JE Dickens capping, 1937, Wellington, by Spencer Digby Studios. Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf Collection. Gift of Ronald Woolf, 1975.
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Date: 1910-1915 - Mabel Garrison.
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Woman; inscribed 'Miss Dreckin' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits
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Liquor R.C - Mrs. F.M. Stewart. May 06, 1952.
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Miss H Sinel
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Anefo photo collection. Princess Juliana. 2 June 1948
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Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Margaretta Schuyler, 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.
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Elsa Triolet, Anonymous
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Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman | Library of Congress
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Violet Gibson Women who attempted to take Mussolini's life. Rome... above is the first picture of Violet Gibson, Daughter of the late Lord Ashbourne, who attempted Italian Premier had addressed his followers at the Campidoglio, in Rolie. April 16, 1926. (Photo by International Newsreel Photo).
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Hollywood, California, c. 1926A portrait of actress Barbara Bedford when she was filming "Tumbleweeds" with actor William S. Hart.
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Woman; inscribed 'Mrs Chatfield' Nitrate negatives, gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits
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Portrait of an unidentified young woman, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.
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Isabel's Future In-LawTaken outside the Carlton at Cannes, is Marcelle Goldsmith, wife of Major Frank Goldsmith whose son, Jimmy, has eloped with Isabel Patino, 18 year old daughter of the Bolivian tin multi-millionaire. January 7, 1954. (Photo by Daily Express).
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Mrs. E.M.R. Couchman -- Member of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, who has been ten months abroad during which she visited America, England, and the continent investigating modern broadcasting methods. She found Australia well abreast of other countries. Whilst away, Mrs. Couchman also attended as the woman member of the Australian delegation to Geneva conference, which was led by Mr. Bruce. November 11, 1934.
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Madame Curie. March 1, 1950.
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Woman inscribed; 'Miss Watson' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits
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1967. Portrait of Carmen Conde.
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Portrait of Geertruida (Truus) van Lier, b. Utrecht 22 Apr. 1921, resistance fighter, d. Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg (Germany) 27 Oct. 1943.
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MAEZTU , MARIA DE PEDAGOGA Y ESCRITORA ESPAÑOLA. VITORIA 1882-1948.
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Rear admiral's daughter in the A,F,S, New portrait of, miss Peggy Burrough, the attractive young daughter of Rear Admiral Burrough, who is Assistant chief of the Naval Staff at the Admiralty. Her mother is from Halifax, Nova Scotia Miss Burrough is a member of the A.F.S. the uniform of which she is wearing in this picture. February 23, 1940.
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'La Nouvelle Europe; la constituante Allemande; Les femmes dans l'Assemblee: trios representantes du parti socialiste majoritaire et une elue du parti national. Frau Marie Juchacz, de Berlin',1919. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.
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Concepción Badía de Agustí, mejor conocida por su nombre artístico Conchita Badía. Soprano y pianista española.
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Marie Sklodowska Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only woman to win in two fields, and the only person to win in multiple sciences.
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Eve & Irene Curie (Daughters) And Madame Curie & Husband - Scientists. January 1, 1948.
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Agnes Baden Powell Leaves For Canada -- Miss Agnes Baden Powell photographed just before leaving Waterloo this morning.Miss Agnes Powell, sister of Lord Baden-Powell, left Waterloo this morning on the "Ascania" best train. She is going to Canada with a view to fostering the Girl Guide Movement. September 19, 1931. (Photo by Wide World Photos).
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Marie Curie, portrait, around 1920. Marie Curie was a chemist and physicist of Polish descent. She coined the term radioactive to describe radiation. Together with her man and Henri Becquerel, she received the Nobel Prize in Physics on a pro rata basis. In 1911, she and her man received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the chemical elements polonium and radium. Marie Curie is one of the five people who have received a Nobel Prize several times. She also received Nobel Prizes in two different subject areas. An absolute exceptional scientist. research, science, contemporary history, historical
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Annie S(shepherd) Swan (1859-1943) Scottish popular novelist and writer, born in Edinburgh. Produced up to 150 books between 1880 and 1926, most of which appeared between 1880 and 1900. From a series of cards of 'Famous British Authors' (London, 1937).
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Photographic print of Marie Curie (1867-1934) a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. Dated 20th Century
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Portrait of Isabel Wachenheimer, intended as first signs of life to Leo Blumensohn, September 25, 1945 in Davos, Anonymous, 1945 photograph Portrait van Isabel Wachenheimer, Davos Davos photographic support gelatin silver print Davos
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BYRD, RICHARD EVELYN. MARINO, AVIADOR Y EXPLORADOR NORTEAMERICANO. 1888-1957. REPRODUCCION FOTO.
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Emil Georg Conrad von Sauer (1862 - 1942), German composer, pianist, score editor, and music (piano) teacher. He was a pupil of Franz Liszt and one of the most distinguished pianists of his generation