Early 20th Century American Politicians

Black and white portraits of American politicians, showcasing formal attire and solemn expressions, reflecting the era's style and social status.

JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFELLER US Financier. Received nearly 90 million dollars in cash and stock due to the formation of the US Steel Corporation. Date: 1839 - 1937

Senator Robert J. Gamble / Senator Robert Gamble of South Dakota circa 1905-1924.

W.L. Saunders

John H. Morgan. Photogravure after Elliott & Fry.

JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFELLER American industrialist and philanthropist in later life Date: 1839 - 1937

Warren G. Harding (1865-1923) American Politician, 29th President of the United States 1921-23, head and shoulders Portrait, etching, Jacques Reich, 1922

Southern Rhodesia's High Commissioner In London: - Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie Goodenough. April 29, 1952. (Photo by Camera Press).

JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFELLER US Financier. Received nearly 90 million dollars in cash and stock due to the formation of the US Steel Corporation. Date: 1839 - 1937

August Phillip i.e. Phillips

Asquith

Sir Robert Charles MacWatt. Photograph by Bassano Ltd, 1930.

Governor A. Bernhard Gärde.

Sir Ian Fraser C.B.F.. M.P. -- Chairman of the Executive Council of St. Dunstan's, and Conservative member of Parliament for the Lonsdale Division of Lancashire. July 25, 1951. (Photo by Camera Press).

Thos. W. Gregory

Henry Neville Gladstone, Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire, 1928. Artist: Unknown

FRANK BILLINGS KELLOGG American lawyer, politician and diplomat Date: 1856 - 1937

George Arthur Cardew. Photograph by Munari (), Cheltenham, 1924.

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT 32nd President of the USA Date: 1882 - 1945

The Hon. Sir James Connolly - Latest study of, The Hon. Sir James Connolly, Leader upper house Colonial Secretary, Minister of Commerce and Labour Public Health, Etc., West Australia 1906-12.Agent General in London for Western Australia 1917-23, Agent General for Malta, 1929-32. February 22, 1938.

Senator Warren Harding, shortly after his nomination as the Republican candidate for U.S. Presidency. June 21, 1920. (BSLOC_2015_15_5)

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz, from 1883 von Helmholtz, 31 August 1821- 8 September 1894, was a German physiologist and physicist. As a polymath,...

Portrait of ir. J.D. Evers, chief of the service of exploitation of the Dutch Railways in Utrecht from 1929 to 1939.

Alba Johnson

John Allsebrook Simon; 1st Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC (28 February 1873 11 January 1954) was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second. He is one of only three people to have served as Home Secretary; Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer

Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor and businessman. Date: 1917

United States Senator Charles Fletcher Johnson of Maine ca. early 1900s.

Charles Ernest Goddard. Photograph by Swaine.

Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG PC FRS1 (3 August 1867 14 December 1947) was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars. Three times Prime Minister, he is the only one to serve under three monarchs (George V, Edward VIII and George VI). 1925-1930

Cordell Hull (1871-1955), American Congressman 1907-1921 & 1923-1931, and Senator 1931-1933 from Tennessee, longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State 1933-1942, received Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 for his role in establishing the United Nations, head and shoulders Portrait, Harry Warnecke, Robert F. Cranston, 1940

Warren Harding, 29th President of the United States. Ca. 1921-23. (BSLOC_2015_15_4)

Anefo photo collection. Minister Bymes (portrait). December 3, 1946

Photographic portrait of Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) former President of the United States of America. Dated 20th Century

Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt, 1827 to 1904. British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman. Leader of the Liberal Party 1896 - 1898. From the book Gladstone The Man and the Statesman by David Williamson.

(Joseph) Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) French composer. After a photograph.

Stins N. Olof Lundvik.

Portrait of Jan Sibelius by Andreas Mitterfellner, 1912-1972 German, 1943, 20th century

Sir Edward Grey (1862-1933), 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, British Liberal politician. He was British Foreign Secretary from 1905 until 1916 and Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1928 - 1933. 1911

Elsevier photo collection. DS. M. van Greeks, pastor Rotterdam, celebrates 50th anniversary April 22, 1925. 1925. Rotterdam, South Holland

Banking Mendelssohn. State state view Hamburg, collection of photography history, acquired 1972

Henry William Forster (1866-1936)

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, 1848 - 1930. British Conservative politician, statesman and Prime Minister.

A rubber print by Heinrich Kessler showing Arthur Hübl, highlighting portrait composition, posture, and facial features on base paper mount before 1928.

Mr Robertson, December 1935, Wellington, by Spencer Digby Studios. Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf Collection. Gift of Ronald Woolf, 1975.

The Rev. Dr. Borland of Scots Church Melbourne the newly appointed moderator General for Victoria. May 21, 1930. (Photo by Sepncer Shier)

Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm, Anonymous

Alexander Cannon (1896-1963). Master of the Great White Lodge of the Himalayas Date: circa 1950

Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn was born in London and educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge University. He then entered Middle Temple, before commencing studies at King's College London. He subsequently became a civil engineer by profession, a builder of roads in India, and an authority on the protection of intertidal zones. Headley embraced Islam on 16 November 1913 and adopted the Muslim name of Shaikh Rahmatullah al-Farooq. In 1914 he established the British Muslim Society. He was the author of several books on Islam, including A Western Awakening to Islam (1914) and Three Great Prophets of the World. He was a widely traveled man and twice made the Hajj.

Jean or Jan Sibelius (1865-1957) Finnish composer. Photograph, 1923.

New Master of The King's Music -- New Studio Portrait of, Sir Arnold Bax, who has succeeded Sir Walford Davis as the Master of the King's Music.Sir Arnold Bax duties are to compose for special occasions, and to give advice on music.In 1934 he won the Philharmonic Gold Medal; a year later he received the honorary degree of the ***** Doctor of Music at Oxford, and he was knighted in 1977. June 27, 1942.

Sir Arthur Keith. Process print.

FRANCIS GALTON Scientist - at age 73 Date: 1822 - 1911

Sir Andrew Fairley. January 12, 1951.

Portrait of President Warren Harding. 29th President of the United States. Harding protected alcohol interests and moderately supported womens suffrage. Unknown

Charles Henry Newby. Photograph by Thomas Humphries.

Henry Lewis Stimson (September 21, 1867 - October 20, 1950) was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican Party politician and spokesman on foreign policy. He served as Secretary of War (1911-1913) under Republican William Howard Taft, and as Governor-General of the Philippines (1927-1929). As Secretary of State (1929-1933) under Republican President Herbert Hoover, he articulated the Stimson Doctrine which announced American opposition to Japanese expansion in Asia. He again served as Secretary of War (1940-1945) under Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was a leading hawk calling for war against Germany. During World War II he took charge of raising and training 13 million soldiers and airmen, supervised the spending of a third of the nation's GDP on the Army and the Air Forces, helped formulate military strategy, and took personal control of building and using the atomic bomb.

12/31/1919. Don Augusto Barcia.

Senator Gardner.

LeBaron Colt

Wm. Seymour Edwards

SIR EDWARD FRY Judge Date: 1827 - 1918

Academician Eugene Alexeyevich Chudakov (1890-1953) by Anonymous /Russian Academy of Sciences/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

Vladimir Nikolayevich Sukachev (1880-1967), Anonymous

Alexander Bruce. Photograph by Lafayette Ltd.

William McKinley served as the 25th president of the United States. He served from March 4, 1897, to his assassination September 14, 1901. He was president during the Spanish-American War, which the US won. He himself had served in the American Civil War. This photo dates to 1898.

Lord ElginEdward Baines Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin and 14th Earl of Kincardine, H. M. Lieutenant, County of Fife Vice-President, Scottish Council, Development and Industry Lieutenant of Royal Company of Archers, Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland. January 19, 1955. (Photo by J. Stephens Orr, Camera Press).

William McKinley served as the 25th president of the United States. He served from March 4, 1897, to his assassination September 14, 1901. He was president during the Spanish-American War, which the US won. He himself had served in the American Civil War. This photo dates to 1898.

Sir Alexander Fleck (1889-1968), first and last Baron Fleck, chairman of ICI from 1953-1960

The Govern or of Tasmania. Sir Ernest Clark. New portrait Study, (taken in London this week) of Sir Ernest Clark, Governor of Tasmania, to whom his majesty The king presented the insignia of K.C.M.G. Sir Ernest has been Governor of Tasmania since 1933. He was a member of the Australian Economic Mission, 1928 - 29. October 12, 1938.

Illustration of the Right Hon. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish Liberal Statesman and Prime Minister (1905-08). Date: 1908

***** History Of Thomas Edison's *****A recent photograph of the ***** and scientist - Thomas Alva Edison ***** fine closeup of the man who *****electric light, the Talking Machine ***** contributions to the world of Science *****.For use with stories of ***** and with stories of his illness. November 1, 1940. (Photo by International Newsreel Photo).

Lord Craigavon-New PortraitA new portrait of Lord Craigavon, the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. March 21, 1938. (Photo by Topical Press).

Christopher Martin. Photograph by H.J. Whitlock & Sons Ltd.

Portrait Of Alderman Edward Lawley Parker, 1905 By Sir James Jebusa Shannon, Oil Painting, Portrait, Male

William McKinley (1843-1901), 25th President of the United States 1897-1901, Half-Length Portrait, Photograph by Charles Milton Bell, between 1877 and 1889

Representative Joseph Cannon circa 1905-1926.

U.S. President Warren G. Harding, Portrait, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing 1923

Portrait Of Alderman Edward Lawley Parker, 1905. By Sir James Jebusa Shannon

Warren G. Harding (President 1921-1923) Francis Luis Mora (1874-1940 American)

Sir Edmund BARTON, 1849-1920, politician and first Prime Minister (1901-3) of Australia, photograph

E.V.W. Rossiter.

Portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, first official photograph, 1935.

R.L. Batts

Nélaton, Auguste (1808-1873), French doctor and surgeon. Engraving, 1865.

Anefo photo collection. Prof. Dr.ir. M. Schmutzer, minister overseas territories. 1945. Britain, London

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (25 July 1848 - 19 March 1930) was a British Conservative politician and statesman. He served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from July 1902 to December 1905, and as Leader of the Conservative Party from his appointment as Prime Minister to November 1911. He was a Member of Parliament from 1874-1922 and served as Foreign Secretary in David Lloyd George's coalition government 1916-1919. Balfour's service as Foreign Secretary was most notable for the issuance of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, a letter to Lord Rothschild promising the Jews a 'national home' in Palestine, then part of the Ottoman Empire.

World War 1 - Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) was the 28th President of the United States, in office from 1913 to 1921. He was President of the United States throughout World War 1.

Canon Carnegie

Photograph of Roman Dmowski (1864-1939) Polish politician, statesman, and co-founder and chief ideologue of the right-wing National Democracy political movement. Dated 1930

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American Inventor, head and shoulders Portrait, Detroit Publishing Company, 1920

12/31/1932. Portrait of the banker Juan March - Approximate date.

Sir St. Clair Thomson. Photograph by Elliott & Fry.

Director-General Count Adolf Hamilton 1873 - 1965. Director-General 1928 - 1938.

Farrer Herschell (1837-1899), 1st Baron Herschell, 1890.Artist: W&D Downey

William Henry Dobie. Photograph by Elliott & Fry.

Photographic portrait of John Redmond (1856-1918) an Irish nationalist politician, barrister, and MP in the British House of Commons. Dated 20th century

United States Senator John D. Works of California ca. early 1900s.

Franz Liszt. Nadar Gaspard Félix Tournachon (French, 1820 - 1910)

David Lloyd George, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, circa 1919

Francis, 1st Viscount Knollys, c1895-1913 (1964). Artist: Unknown

Sir Alexander Fleck (1889-1968) first and last Baron Fleck chairman of ICI from 1953-1960

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