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Early 20th Century Delegates and Socialites

Photos of early 20th-century social and political figures in formal wear, reflecting the fashion and social dynamics of their time.

Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Bishop with Clifford Harmon

Miss F.S. Sternberg "King Charles St. Anthony Sun Spot" (dog)

Dorothy Gish, D.W. Griffith, and Lillian Gish. Visit the White house, Washington DC 1922.

07/31/1908. The Countess of Paris. Arrival of SA to San Sebastián on the Sudexpreso.

Dr. Rosalie S. Morton, Anne Morgan

King George V, Queen Mary, Princess Mary, Henry Lascelles and Lady Harewood, at the christening of George Henry Hubert Lascelles, Goldborough, Knaresborough, Yorkshire. 25 March 1923

Mrs. Del. Campo, Ruth Rabasa

President Warren G. Harding and wife Florence Harding visiting soldiers. Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC, March 20, 1921

Swearing In Of The Lord Mayor At The House Of Lords.Sir Frank and Lady Bowater leaving the pears entrance after the Swearing in ceremony. October 12, 1938.

02/17/1919. Madrid. In Benedito's studio. HM the Queen Mother (1) during the visit she made to the workshop of the illustrious Painter (2) yesterday afternoon.

Portrait of Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, and Bernhard van Lippe-Biesterfeld, 1936 photograph Portrait of Juliana and Bernhard in the garden of Noordeinde Palace in The Hague. Manufactured on the occasion of the engagement of Juliana and Bernhard on 8 September 1936. Amsterdampublisher: Arnhem photographic support Noordeinde Palace

Gen. von Hindenburg

Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor, good-humouredly catching a bouquet as he drives in a carriage during Alexandra Rose Day, 1922. The popular prince had just returned from a royal tour to cheering crowds in England and was leaving Paddington station with King George V, the Duke of York and Prince Henry. Alexandra Rose Day was established by Edward's grandmother, Queen Alexandra, to commemorate her the anniversary of her arrival in Britain and to raise funds fo

Mr. Winston Churchill -- Mr. Winston Churchill with Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer on Budget Day, 1910. He was Home Secretary in a brilliant Cabinet when he accompanied the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd George, to the House of Commons on Budget day. January 03, 1948. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Madrid, 03/13/1906. Her Majesty Queen Amelia of Portugal in one of the rooms of the Museum of Artistic Reproductions.

JOHANN HEINRICH BERNSTORFF Count Bernstorff; endeavored to further Woodrow Wilson's attempts at mediation preceding USA's entry into WW1. With (US) wife & daughter Date: 1862 - 1939

Arthur Nevin & Francesca Peralta

H.B. Fletcher - Minister to Chile

FREDRIC MARCH, GRETA GARBO and MAY ROBSON in ANNA KARENINA (1935), directed by CLARENCE BROWN.

ALFONSO XIII. REY DE ESPAÑA. MADRID 1886 / 1941. " VIAJE A PARIS. PRIMER SALUDO DEL MONARCA EN LA ESTACION DE BOIS DE BOULOGNE. 1905 ". GRABADO DE L ' ILLUSTRATION.

04/30/1922. Madrid the flower festival 1.- His Majesty the King (A) Conversing with Messrs. Sánchez Guerra (B) and Conde de Romanones (C) at the post of the Countess of Romanones. 2.-Distinguished Applicants Breaking into a Car. 3.- D. Alfonso Xiii (A), in the position of the Countess of Romanones (B); 4.- position of the Marquesas de Cañada Honda and de la Frontera. 5.-position of the Marchioness of Valdeolmos. 6.- Miss Paloma Falcó, Daughter of the Dukes of Montellano, during the collection.

Visit of Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, and Bernhard van Lippe-Biesterfeld to the Prinsen hunting HR. Ms. 'Piet Hein' in Muiden on August 28, 1937..

10/31/1909. The Emperors of Germany at the University of Berlin. Empress Augusta Victoria, Accompanied by the Rector of the University and Preceding the Kaiser after attending the lecture given by the American professor Mr. Wiehler.

Vincent Astor

Marie Ganz

William McKinley (1843-1901) 25th president of USA from 1896. Shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, 6 Sept 1901 and died 14 Sept. From 'The Sphere', London, 14 September 1901. McKinley on the front porch of his house in Canton receiving congratulations on his election.

Ida Rubinstein and Gabriele DAnnunzio, Anonymous

Duchess of Kent's Mother In Deep Mourning For Grand Duke Kirill - Princess Nicholas of Greece (mother of the Duchess of Kent) - left and Princess Marie of Leiningen, daughter of the late Grand Duke, in deep morning as they left the American Hospital at Neuilly.Members of the family of the late Grand Duke Kyril, Pretender to the throne of all the Russias, are gathering in Paris for the funeral.The Grand Duke, head of the House of Romanoff, died at the American Hospital in Nerilly at the age of 62. He had been ill for a fortnight. October 14, 1938.

Mike Donlin and his wife, actress Mabel Hite

Carlsbad. Archduke Eugen of Austria in Karlovy Vary

Gov. Johnson, Cal.

Clara Zetkin (nee Eissner; 5 July 1857 - 20 June 1933) was a German Marxist theorist, activist, and advocate for women's rights. In 1911, she organized the first International Women's Day. Until 1917, she was active in the Social Democratic Party of Germany, then she joined the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) and its far-left wing, the Spartacist League; this later became the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), which she represented in the Reichstag during the Weimar Republic from 1920 to 1933. Rosa Luxemburg (also Rozalia Luxenburg; Polish: Róża Luksemburg; 5 March 1871 - 15 January 1919) was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionary socialist of Polish-Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen. She was, successively, a member of the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL), the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD), and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).

Prince Albert with his tutor and Lord Desborough, 1908, (1947). Creator: Unknown.

09/19/1913. The Kings of Greece in England. The royal family of Greece, Composed of Prince Alexander, Princess Helena, Duke of Sparta, Princess Irene, King of Greece and Prince Paul, on board the ship that took them from Ostend to Dover.

Archibald Philip Primrose, the 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847 - 1929), Prime Minister, statesman and author, pictured (right), walking with his son, the Hon. Neil Primrose (1882-1917), walking in Hyde Park on the morning of the latter's wedding to Lady Victoria Stanley, daughter of the 17th Earl of Derby on 7 April 1915. He served as a captain in the Royal Buckingham Hussars during the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross in 1916. He died in November 1917 from wounds received in actio

Elsevier photo collection. Visit Winston Churchill Netherlands. Admire fern IJ. Boat trip Salon boat Tourist. left Mrs. Churchill, Queen Wilhelmina, Winston Churchill. 11 1946. Amsterdam, IJ

Mme. Vandevelde i.e., Vandervelde

07/21/1912. The Travels of Don Alfonso Xiii. The King Speaking with the Civil Governor, Mr. Alonso Castrillo, upon arriving yesterday afternoon in Madrid.

Victoria Martin Woodhull, approximately 1900-1927? , Feminists, United States, Suffragists. Victoria Woodhull Martin Papers

Paderewski

John Pierpont Morgan, 1837-1913

President Calvin Coolidge, First Lady Grace Coolidge and John Coolidge at the Hot Springs Country Club in South Dakota, 1927

12/15/1909. New ambassador in Madrid.- the new minister of Turkey in this Court (X) upon leaving the palace yesterday after presenting his Credentials to His Majesty the King. Photo: Goñi.

Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) at the wireless station of Monte Mario in Rome, Italy, photo by Dante Paolocci (1856-1926), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVI, No 48, November 28, 1909.

Engagement by Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, and Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld for Noordeinde Palace in The Hague on September 8, 1936. Engagement by Juliana and Bernhard for Noordeinde Palace in The Hague on September 8, 1936. In the Wilhelmina background. Two lines of Dutch text in the undermarge.

Mme. Schumann Heink & son Ferdinand

Visit of Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, to the World Jamoree on July 31, 1937, 1937 photograph Netherlands photographic support

Elsevier photo collection. Queen Wilhelmina Momument memory Gaspard de Coligny Paris, visit France. June 1912. France, Paris

04/30/1908. Madrid. In the Retiro Pigeon Tiero. HM the King with the Cup; Award from the Hunters and Fishermen Society, which he won yesterday afternoon.

40-year anniversary of H.M. de Koningin, Amsterdam, 6 September 1938. The royal family on the way to the Nieuwe Kerk, for the official commemoration, 1938 photograph Amsterdam photographic support gelatin silver print queen. crown princess new church

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS; MARY PICKFORD; JOHN BARRYMORE; D. W. GRIFFITH; BILLY BITZER.

Mrs. Thos. Hastings

Photograph showing Mrs. Beryl Markham (1903-1986), the British aviator and writer, being welcomed to New York shortly after becoming the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo from East to West, 1936. Date: 1936

Photograph showing Prince Hirohito (1901-1989), in his carriage on the way to be formally installed as Heir to the Throne, 3rd November 1916. The eldest son of Emperor Taisho, he became the 124th Emperor of Japan, in 1926, on the death of his father. Date: 1916

Human rights activist Roger Casement photographed in July 1912 with Senor Juan Tizon of the Peruvian Amazon Company. Casement was hanged in 1916 for his involvement in the Irish Nationalist revolt in Dublin - the Easter Rising. The so-called Black Diaries, unearthed and distributed to Casements sympathisers exposed him as a promiscuous homosexual and he went to his death in disgrace. The authenticity of the Black Diaries was questioned for over 80 years until a forensic investigation in 2002

Secy Daniels, Eleanor Siebert and Gov. Oddie

Photograph of Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880-1962) Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. Dated 20th century

Visit by Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, and Bernhard van Lippe-Biesterfeld to the Prinsenjacht Hr. Ms. 'Piet Hein' in Muiden on August 28, 1937, 1937 photograph Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam photographic support Others

President-Elect Warren G. Harding, wife Florence Harding, Grace Coolidge, Vice President-Elect Calvin Coolidge, Portrait Arriving for Inauguration, Washington DC, USA, National Photo Company, March 3, 1921

Ikh Imperatorskiia Vysochestva Velikiia Kniazhny Ol'ga Nikolaevna i Tat'iana Nikolaevna prinimaiut pozhertvovaniia v Zimnem Dvortse. Sidit u stola grafinia Nat. Feod. Karlova, stoit sleva Mikh. Iv. Goremykin Photo of Grand Duchess Olga and Tatiana (wearing hats with white feathers). Periodicals, Illustrations. 1914-12-01. General Research Division. Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess, daughter of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1895-1918, Tatiana Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess, daughter of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1897-1918, Goremykin, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1879-, Karlova, Natalia Fedorovna, 1893-1913, Zimni dvorets (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Caruso & wife

King George V and Queen Mary seen here returning from Crathie, where they invariably go from Balmoral to church on Sunday. Date: 1930

The last photograph of Queen Victoria, December 13th, 1900.Artist: W F Seymour

12/31/1928. José Cruz Conde and HM Alfonso Xiii in Seville.

Lady Constance Stewart Richardson

12/31/1919. Royal Hunting in England. Queen Maud of Norway and Prince Olaf during the hunt to which they were invited by the Monarchs of Great Britain.

The New King And Queen Of Belgium -- Crown Prince Leopold and his wife, Princess Astrid of Belgium, Photographed at the Royal Palace in Rome after the wedding of Princess Marie Jose. The Crown Prince and Princess are now the King and Queen of Belgium owing to the tragic death of the King of the Belgians while mountaineering at Namur. February 18, 1934. (Photo by Keystone).

"Julien" Farrar & Caruso

Photo Shows: The Duke and Duchess of Segovia Buy Post-cards from A Berlin Duchess of Segovia Buy Post-cards from A Berlin in Font of The Soviet War Memorial in The British Sector of Berlin. The Duke and Duchess of Segovia took A Farewell Look at Berlin As The Duchess Repeated her offer to Divorce King Alfonso's Oldest Sun If It will help Him to Gain The Spanish Throne. Don Jaime, Claimant to The Spanish Throne, and his Wife, A former German Opera Singer, Arrived in Berlin on Christmas Eve to Visit The Duchess's Mother. January 11, 1950.

Nobel Laureate Marie Curie and Daughters

The Duke and Duchess of York Leave Tomorrow:The Duke of York with the Prince of Wales and Prince Henry taken at Epsom.The Duke and Duchess of York leave Portsmouth on H.M.S. Renown for their Australian tour, tomorrow (Thursday). April 28, 1937.

Paris 7 February 1931. At the interallic circle / ceremony for the delivery of white cannes / offered to the blind by Miss d'Herbemont. / Mademoiselle d'Herbemont submits a unblind cane from the Valentin Haüy association. Ceremony for the delivery of white canes offered to the blind by Miss of Herbemont at the interallic circle, Paris. Circle interall. "Ceremony for the delivery of white canes offered to the blind by Miss by Herbemont, she gives a cane to a blind man from the association Valentin Haüy, Paris". Photograph of Georges Devred for the Rol Agency. February 7, 1931.

L-R: Mrs. Norman E. Mack and Helen Herron Taft, Half-Length Portrait while in attendance at the Democratic National Convention, Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Photograph by Harris & Ewing, July 1912

Souvenir album of Paul Poiret's trip to Copenhagen. Group portrait. 1925. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. Souvenir album, French Couturier, Manuscript writing, Group, Haute Couture, Voyage

Marshal C.H. Sherrill

Lewis Stone, Dorothy Jordan, on-set of the film, "The Wet Parade", MGM, 1932

President & Mrs. Coolidge leaving church, Thanksgiving, November 27, 1924

Hollywood, Los Angeles, (United States), May 1929. During his stay in Hollywood, the former prince of Germany and grandson of the Kaiser, Luis Fernando (x) has visited all the studios and "bungalows" of the film mecca. In the image the prince is seen with Douglas Fairbanks visiting the "Charlot" studio.

Kreisler, Damrosch, Casals, & Bauer

Duke & Duchess Windsor Scenes 1950-51-53. July 17, 1951. (Photo by The Association Press)

Mrs. Schuyler Britton, owner of the St. Louis Cardinals, and her husband, half-length, conversing

President Roosevelt Exchanging Greetings with the Crowd while driving through Canton on McKinley Memorial Day, Stereo Card, Keystone View Company, September 30, 1907

Soller & Kitty Cheatham

Harry Lauder & wife

T.Roosevelt at Ethel's wedding

CHARLIE CHAPLIN; MAX LINDER.

Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, arriving in Paris, France, photograph by Chusseau-Flaviens, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXII, No 24, June 11, 1905.

Georges Clemenceau in Santa Ana, Argentina, illustration by Louis Sabattier from L'Illustration, No 3532, November 5, 1910.

Portrait of Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands, and Irene, Princess of the Netherlands. Portrait of Wilhelmina, Juliana, Beatrix and Irene in Ottawa. Three lines of Dutch text in the undermarge.

Madrid, 16/06/1911. Opening of the Decorative Art Exhibition, organized by the Círculo de Bellas Artes, in the pavilion that the entity owns in the Retiro. In the image, King Alfonso XIII, the architect Antonio Palacios, and Queen Maria Cristina, Infanta Isabel de Borbón and Alberto Aguilera among others.

06/04/1923. Madrid. The congress table in the Palace. The president of the Popular Chamber, D. Melquiades, upon arriving at the palace to deliver to HM The King the response to the message from the Crown. (photo Duke Julio).

Elizabeth. Miss Ryan. Eleanor Sears

Victor-Emmanuel. (1918) WAR 1914-1918. "Victor-Emmanuel.". The King of Italy Victor-Emmanuel III (Vittorio Emanuele III) in December 1918, during his coming to Paris. Photograph of Charles Lansiaux (1855-1939).

Edward VIII at Balmoral, Scotland. Date: September 26th 1936

Louis L. Schuyler, Virginia C. Gildersleeve

U.S President Theodore Roosevelt speaking at a political rally. 1902

The Duchess of Gloucester ***** with major Henry Abel Smith. November 22, 1935. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.).

Duke and Duchess of York (Later Queen Elizabeth and King George VI of England, on their wedding day 1923

Coronation Emperor Charles in Budapest.

President McKinley delivering his inaugural address, Washington, U.S.A. | Library of Congress

02/13/1920. Madrid. The Royal Theater Charity Party 2. Group of Distinguished Young Ladies Who Took Part in the Brilliant Festival.

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