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Early 20th Century Formal Portraits

A collection of vintage portraits showcasing women in elegant gowns from the early 1900s, featuring intricate designs and classic poses against soft backgrounds.

Mme. Pezet

Ruth St. Denis, White Photo.

Countess Craven

Princess Engalitcheff

Catherine Brimmer

Mrs. Romulo Naon

Mabel Taliaferro

Eleanor Lawson, White, N.Y.

Berretti Lov, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Miss A.M. Scott

Johnson, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Mrs. Stephen B. Ayres

Sidney Gibson Bowles (1880 - 1963), daughter of Thomas Gibson Bowles (founder of The Lady and English Vanity Fair and MP). Mother of the famous (and infamous) Mitford sisters. Pictured in her yachting costume when attending Cowes week in 1907. Date: 1907

Mrs. C.M. Depew

Woman, inscribed Hargreaves 12, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Portrait of a woman, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Mrs. Edw. Browning

Virginia Schaeffer

Ina Claire

Mrs. Austen Chamberlain

Elna Brundin's sister Hanna Olsson. Elna Brundins syster Hanna Olsson.

Kathleen Floyd

Hunter/Edmonds, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Helen Keller, full-length portrait, standing at door in room, facing right, circa 1914

Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Asquith (1897-1945), later Princess Bibesco, English writer, daughter of British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and his second wife, Margot. She married Prince Antoine Bibesco, a Romanian diplomat in 1920. Date: 1915

Actress Celia Claud. Photograph published by Bain News Service

The Hon. Mrs Percy Wyndham, formerly Diana Lister, daughter of Lord Ribblesdale. She married Percy Wyndham in 1913, the only son of the late George Wyndham and Countess Grosvenor. The Duke of Westminster was his half brother. Diana had bad luck with husbands. In 1918 she married Arthur Edward 'Boy' Capel, the polo player and lover of Coco Chanel but he was killed in a car accident the following year. Her third husband, whom she married in 1923, was Vere Fane, 14th Earl of Westmorland.

Helena Modjeska, 1840-1909, Polish Actress, circa 1889

American stage and silent film actress Edna Wallace Hopper (1872-1959). photographed circa 1910

African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition.

Mrs G Parker 6 PC studio portraits, portraits, black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Beatrice Abbey, circa 1902

Lady Muriel Paget (1876 - 1938), nee Finch-Hatton, wife of Sir Richard Surtees Paget, second Baronet of Oldfallings Hall, Wolverhampton. Lady Paget was a humanitarian relief worker, first establishing soup kitchens in the poor districts of London, becoming secretary of the Invalid Kitchens' Fund. She then opened a kitchen catering for Belgian refugees in London at the start of the First World War. Her work then extended to Russia and Eastern Europe where she opened field and base hospitals, a

Adele Capell (1867-1922), Countess of Essex (n饠Adele Grant) US-born socialite who married into British nobility as wife of George De Vere Capell, 7th Earl of Essex. Pictured in The Tatler in 1917 when Cassiobury Park was given over as a convalescent home. 1917

12/31/1909. Dolores Escudero, Eldest daughter of Lieutenant D. Juan Escudero, Murdered in Barcelona.

Alma Gluck

Alma Taylor English film actress and member of the Hepworth Picture Players Date: 1895 - 1974

Lady Colebrooke

Misia Natanson, Anonymous

Bruford, Mrs, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Princess Mary. 1 May 1922

04/14/1938. Pastor Empire.

Mrs. Henry Wertheim and Mrs. Fred. Lewisohn

Ober as "The Wife of Bath"

Ivy 'Floradora' - A minor English music hall celebrity, part of a sister act around 1905 who were billed as 'Three Floradora Girls' (see 10548015). circa 1905

Mrs. Howard Elliott ca. 1910-1915.

Marguerite Sylva -- (Mrs. B.L. Smith)

Kath. Bright

Mrs. J.C. Bishop

Mary MacLane

Elizabeth Harrison, Mrs. J.B. Walker Jr, circa 1920

A Talented Young Actress -- Miss Sophia Stewart.A young actress who is considered by the critics to have a great future before her, has just been given her first big chance in London.She is Sophia Stewart aged 21, who is taking the name part of "Marigold" at the Kingsway. Until quite recently.She was playing in a small provincial repertory company, where she was "discovered" by Mr. Simon Ord". June 19, 1929. (Photo by LNA)

The former Miss Winifred Martin-Smith, who married Ronald Olaf Hambro in 1917, was a prominent and talented lady golfer before the war. Her brother, Julian Martin-Smith, also a golfer, was believed to be the first volunteer civilian to be killed in the war. Date: 1917

Mrs. T.P. O'Connor

Mme. Sembrich

Mrs. Chas. Dana Gibson

Mrs S Waugh, 24 December 1907, Wellington, by The J. H. Brown Studio.

Mrs. Henry Farman

Miss Riena Belasco

Portrait of surprised woman (EV004718_H)

18 on Christmas Day -- This hither to unpublished photograph by Cecil Beaton, is issued on the occasion of the 18th birthday, December 25th, of her Royal Highness, The Princess Alexandra, Daughter of The Duchess of Kent.The Princess is wearing a white embroidered ***** evening dress. December 22, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.)

Mrs. Allan Story

Carrie Moore. October 24, 1955.

Helen Keller 1880-1968, kneeling, facing right; right hand on dog; left hand on book 1904. Helen Adams Keller; American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf, blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Mi

Sir Anthony Eden. -- Sir Anthony Eden, The Prime Minister, at the aged of three. April 01, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

Helen Keller, 1880-1968, circa 1904

05/31/1912. María Guerrero In "Voices of Gesta", Premiered at the Princess - photo Audouard - Approximate date.

Eleanor Sears

Marion Davies

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, circa 1916

Elizabeth Robins (1862-1952), American actress, playwright, novelist, and suffragette, 1893.Artist: W&D Downey

H.R.H. The Princess Royal Princess Mary. November 28, 1934.

05/31/1913. Celia Belamor. Elegant artist who has debuted in Zarzuela.

Front cover of The Tatler magazine, featuring the popular stage actress, Winifred Barnes (1892-1935) who was appearing in 'Betty' at Daly's in 1915. Winifred is wearing a copy of the Tatler made into a hat. Date: 1915

Prince Charles of Belgium

Jadwiga Smosarska in one of the movie scenes Tajemnica starego rodu ca. 1928.

Mrs. Key Pittman

Mrs. Harry Bonney, famous Australian airwoman, photographed at an English 'drome. September 30, 1933.

Marguerite Carre in Suegourotekka, Opera Comique

Hulda Lashanska

Alma Gluck & E. Zimbalist

Maxine Elliott

Fraeulein Schaffner, female conductor, historic picture from about 1915

Ida Wilhelm

American stage and silent film actress Edna Wallace Hopper circa 1916.

Miss Ella D. Barrier, teacher, also Secretary of Woman's Club in Washington, D.C.; Miss Emma Rose Williams, charming Creole teacher in New Orleans; Miss Hattie Gibbs, director of music in Washington public school; Mrs. J. Silone Yates, President of National Association, also teacher in Kansas City; Mrs. Hagdee Campbell, kindergarten teacher in St. Louis.. Photographs. 1902. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African American women

Mary of Teck (1867 - 1953), as Duchess of York circa 1895. Mary was later Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India as the wife of King George V.

Alice Paul of Moorestown, New Jersey, was appointed chairman of the Congressional Committee of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1913, and went on to head the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage and the NWP. She served six prison terms for woman suffrage, including three in England and three in the United States. She was sentenced to seven months in October 1917 for picketing and served five weeks before being released on account of her condition from hunger striking. In Aug

RETRATO DE LA FAMILIA IMPERIAL DE RUSIA - FOTOGRAFIA S XIX. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. ZARINA ALEJANDRA. ALEJANDRA FIODOROVNA. DUQUESA ANASTASIA. DUQUESA OLGA. DUQUESA MARIA. OLGA NIKOLAYEVNA.

The Queen Mother at seven years old, 1907 (1937). Artist: Unknown.

Husband and wife, Miss Mable Hackney and Mr Laurence Sydney Irving, victims of the Empress of Ireland tragedy. Miss Mabel Hackney was a much loved actress, who made her debut at St James's Theatre in 1895. Mr Laurence Sydney Irving started acting in 1891 with Mr F R Benson's company, and his reputation culminated with his success in his own play 'Typhoon'. 6th June 1914

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