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Early 20th Century Authors and Artists

Photographs of prominent literary figures and artists, conveying a sense of nostalgia with classic style and poses.

Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938), Anonymous
Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938), Anonymous
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Elsevier photo collection. Israeli Minister Foreign Affairs Golda Meir looks bust Anne Frank visit Anne Frank House Amsterdam. 27 February 1964. Amsterdam
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Photograph of Charles Twain (aka Charles Twersky). Bureau of Prisons, Inmate case files.
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'Edward VII as Prince of Wales, New York,1860', 1860, (1939). Artist: Mathew Brady.
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06/30/1914. Federico García Sanchiz, notable writer who has been entertained with a banquet by his Countrymen in Valencia. Photo: Novella -Approximate date.
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Claude DEBUSSY, 1862-1918, composer, photographed after the premiere of PellZas and MZlisande
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JAMES IVORY in A COOLER CLIMATE (2022), directed by JAMES IVORY and GILES GARDNER.
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Saddam Hussein at 9 or 10 years old.
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MARGARITA XIRGU.
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MICKEY ROONEY in YOUNG TOM EDISON (1940), directed by NORMAN TAUROG.
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Portrait of Spanish matador José Gómez Ortega known as Joselito (1895-1920).
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Maxim Gorky (1868 - 1936), Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the socialist realism literary method, and a political activist. Gorky was active in the emerging Marxist communist movement. He publicly opposed the Tsarist regime, and for a time closely associated himself with Vladimir Lenin and Alexander Bogdanov's Bolshevik wing of the party. For a significant part of his life, he was exiled from Russia and later the Soviet Union. In 1932, he returned to the USSR on Joseph Stalin's personal invitation and lived there until his death in June 1936.
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Elsie Hill, American Feminist, ca. 1920. She was an active suffragist from 1913 to 1920, planning major marches and arrested twice for speaking and picketing. After 1920 she was active in the National Women's Party's drive for an Equal Rights Amendment for Women. (BSLOC_2015_16_202)
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Pope Benedict XV. With Monsignore Gerlach. .
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Sherwood Anderson Made 1923 United States. For more on the Alfred Stieglitz collection at the Art Institute, along with in-depth object information, please visit the website The Alfred Stieglitz Collection.. Gelatin silver print . Alfred Stieglitz
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Portrait of the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), Rodchenko, Alexander Mikhailovich (1891-1956)
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Anton CHEKHOV, 1860-1904, Russian author and playwright, with papakha hat, photograph c.1890
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Alexander Nikolayevich Samokhvalov (1894-1971), Anonymous
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Portrait of man. Fédèle Azari (Italian, 1895 - 1930)
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Portrait of Franz Kafka, 1883 1924, German-speaking Bohemian novelist, digitally edited according to a photograph and a self portrait Portrait of Franz Kafka, 1883 1924, German-speaking Bohemian novelist, digitally edited according to a photograph and a self portrait Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 20636454
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Benito Mussolini (1883 ñ 28 April 1945) Italian Fascist Leader 1936
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Photograph of Milton Flint. Bureau of Prisons, Inmate case files.
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Emma Goldman (1869-1940) mugshots. She served jail terms for her radical socialist activities, which included lecturing on birth control, opposing military conscription. In 1908 she was deprived of her citizenship.
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Anefo photo collection. Amsterdam. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel Mrs. Golda Meir visited the Anne Frankhuis. Here she looks at an image of Anne Frank. 27 February 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Portrait of the Tsarina of Russia, Alexandra of Russia. Alexandra Feodorovna (1872 - 17 July 1918) was Empress of Russia as the spouse of Nicholas II--the last ruler of the Russian Empire; from their marriage on 26 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March 1917
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LYTTON STRACHEY (FOTOGRAFIA DE SU BIOGRAFIA POR M HOLROYD).
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Herman Fisher
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Photograph of Bennie Franklin. Bureau of Prisons, Inmate case files.
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MILAN ITALY APRIL 1965 Elegant businessman in 60s
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Segovia, April 1965. In front of the urban passage of the old city of Segovia, Henry Fonda poses sitting at the foot of one of the crosses of piety.
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Sherwood Anderson Made 1923 United States. For more on the Alfred Stieglitz collection at the Art Institute, along with in-depth object information, please visit the website The Alfred Stieglitz Collection.. Gelatin silver print . Alfred Stieglitz
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Portrait of Franz Kafka, 1883 - 1924, German-speaking Bohemian novelist, digitally edited according to a photograph
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Reproduction to a photo of Willem Witsen. .
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Federico García Lorca, 1898-1936. Lorca was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director
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Lincoln Conspirator Lewis Powell
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Newspaper cutting and photograph of Steve Reeves in the 1961 film Thief of Baghdad. Stephen Lester Reeves (January 21, 1926 - May 1, 2000) was an American professional bodybuilder, actor, and philanthropist.
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JOSE LUIS LOPEZ VAZQUEZ in MY DEAREST SENORITA (1972) -Original title: MI QUERIDA SENORITA-.
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Vitagraph film studio founders William 'Pop' Rock, J. Stuart Blackton, Albert E. Smith, 1900
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Photograph of Sutan Sjahrir (1909-1966) Indonesian intellectual, revolutionary independence leader. He became the first Prime Minister of Indonesia in 1945, after a career as a key Indonesian nationalist organiser. Dated 1930
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Photograph of Sutan Sjahrir (1909-1966) Indonesian intellectual, revolutionary independence leader. He became the first Prime Minister of Indonesia in 1945, after a career as a key Indonesian nationalist organiser. Dated 1930
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Jules Goux
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Paul Muni, on-set of the Film, "A Song to Remember", Columbia Pictures, 1945
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Jacques Suzanne
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Romania, Banat Region, Timisoara, 1989 Revolution Memorial, portrait of Communist era leader, Nicolae Ceausescu
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Sonny Maxwell, opening of new school, June 1934, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964.
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Photograph of Robert Dusty. Bureau of Prisons, Inmate case files.
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Photograph of Samuel Jackson. Bureau of Prisons, Inmate case files.