Early 20th Century Personalities

Formal portraits of influential individuals, capturing their essence through meticulously styled clothing and poses typical of the era.

Pavel Nikolayevich Miliukov (1859-1943), Anonymous

Elsevier photo collection. B.J. Hulshof, mayor Bergen op Zoom. 1924. Bergen op Zoom

J.H. McCooey

Dr. J.D. Bryant

L.N. Littauer ca. 1914 (possibly Congressman Lucius Nathan Littauer.

Sir Arthur Stanley

Photograph of Bernhard von Bülow (1849-1929) a German statesman who served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and then as Chancellor of the German Empire. Dated 20th century

Pavel Nikolayevich Miliukov (1859-1943), Anonymous

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE British physician and writer, circa 1908 Date: 1859 - 1930

Dr. D.E. Cary.

Orlando

William Howard Taft (1857-1930), 27th President of the United States 1909-1913, 10th Chief Justice of the United States 1921-1930, Head and Shoulders Portrait, 1908

Horatio C. King

L.N. Littauer

Architect Alexander von Hohen (1856-1914) by Anonymous /Private Collection/1900s/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

'Danet', c1893. Artist: Eugene Pirou.

W.H. Taft, portrait bust, copyright: Moffett Studio

First station writer Anders Gustaf Julius Bergner.

Wm. Fife

J.W. Fordney

Sir H. Drummond Wolff, seated

Geo. W. Harris

Friedrich Ebert (18711925) German politician (SPD). Served as Chancellor of Germany and its first President during the Weimar period. Photograph February 1921.

Elsevier photo collection. E.b. Kielstra, Council State, Council extraordinary service (1913-1920). 1920

U.S. Secretary of War William Howard Taft, Three-Quarter Length Standing Portrait, 1907

Portrait of the Composer Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov (1855-1914), Anonymous

Stewart Woodford, portrait bust

U.S President William Howard Taft, Portrait, circa 1910

Leyden University professor Heike Kamerlingh, Nobel Prize winner in physics in 1913.

Wm. A. Fairburn

Russian physicist Prince Boris Borisovich Galitzine (1862-1916) by Anonymous /© The Lebedev Physics Institute (FIAN), Moscow/Russia/Portrait

Stins Carl Frithiof Lundgren.

Federico Chueca (1846-1908), compositor español.

Elsevier photo collection. Prof. Nieuwenhuizen. 1929

Th. Nordström Director General of the Railway Board 11/11 1897 - 23/9 1904

12/31/1909. Portrait of Alejandro Lerroux.

'Yann Nibor', c1893. Artist: Unknown.

Elsevier photo collection. Jhr. Mr. F. van Rijckevorsel, Provincial Executive Noord-Brabant, 70 years. 1928. Noord-Brabant

P.o. Pedersen, 1874 - 1941.

Pavel Nikolayevich Milyukov 1859 March 1943, Russian politician, founder, leader, and the most prominent member of the Constitutional Democratic party

March 1918. New Academic. Mr. Javier Ugarte, who has been elected academic of Hispaniola.

Photographic portrait of King Edward VII (1841-1910) of Great Britain and Ireland, pictured date and place unknown.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Half-Length Portrait as New York Governor, Photograph by George Prince, July 1900

Louis Bertrand. Photograph.

Herman Olsson (1872-1934), a known designer in Telekverket.

Track engineer Johan Lorentz Grönvall.

Prince Ouroussoff, seated, Founder and Leader of the National Faction in Duma

S.G. Pratt

King Edward

M.M. Garland

Portrait of the Composer Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov (1855-1914) / Anonymous / Photograph / 1890s / Russia / Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, Moscow / Portrait

Prof. C. Alphonso Smith

Henry James

W.J. Burns

Duke of Devonshire

Edwin Denby, portrait

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Lord Burnham, propruetor of the Daily Telegraph.

Venizelos

Godfroy Langlois

David Baird, 1839-1927, (Senator from N.J.), bust portrait, facing right

Sir Geo. Reid

Dr. Solf, Colonial Minister

12/31/1923. 60th anniversary of Professor Dr. Nernst. Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.

H. Sienkewicz i.e. Henryk Síenkíewwicz

W.H. Taft

A. Cahan, portrait bust

Augustus Weylund , Posing. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Francois Felix Faure, 1841-1899

Charles Albert Calmette. Photograph, 1930.

H. Gladstone

Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones. Photogravure after Lafayette.

Arthur Conan Doyle, a Scotch-Irish writer created the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, c. 1920. His many works include fantasy and science fiction, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels (BSLOC_2016_8_139)

Edmond Sergent. Photograph by Genia Reinberg.

Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin (1883-1957), Anonymous

Howard Elliot

Sir Byrom Bramwell. Photograph by A. Swan Watson.

H.H. Furness. Photograph by F. Gutekunst.

Gustaf af Geijerstam, 1858-1909. Swedish writer. From the book ""The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, Scandinavian and Dutch, Volume 19""

B.S. Osbon

President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 portrait by Pach Brothers of New York (BSLOC_2017_6_46)

D.S. Barry

W.D. Howells. Alvin Langdon Coburn (British, born United States, 1882 - 1966)

Pavel Milyukov (1859 - 1943) Russian historian and liberal politician. Milyukov was the founder, leader, and the most prominent member of the Constitutional Democratic party (known as the Kadets). In the Russian Provisional Government, he served as Foreign Minister, working to prevent Russia's exit from the First World War.

HINDENBURG, PAUL VON BENECKENDORFF. MARISCAL Y POLITICO ALEMAN. 1847-1934.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Photograph by M.P. Rice, 1902

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Three-quarter Length Seated Portrait, Photograph by C.M. Bell, 1903

Herman Sven Ludvig Rydin, Director General of the Telegraph Board 1906-1927.

Portrait of J. POELS, born 1851, extraordinary professor at the Veterinian Hogeschool in Utrecht (1918-1921), died 1927. Borst statue on the left.

03/31/1918. Don Francisco Banquells Araño (former mayor of Valencia), president of the liberal Monarchist circle - approximate date.

Francesco Saverio Nitti (1868-1953), Italian politician, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVIII, No 15, April 9, 1911.

Portrait of Oskar Nedbal (1874-1930), a Czech violinist, conductor and composer - with dedication for Aleksander Rajchman from November 1, 1907; Adolf Eckstein Verlag (Berlin-Charlottenburg; Publisher; Ca 1901-1904), around 1905; before 9.11.1907 (1900-00-00-1907-00-00);Nedbal, Oskar (1874-1930), Nedbal, Oskar (1874-1930)-dedication from, Nedbal, Oskar (1874-1930)-iconography, Rajchman, Aleksander (1855-1915), Rajchman, Aleksander (1855-1915)- Dedication for, Rajchman, Aleksander (1855-1915) - collection, dedications, conductors, composers, musicians, portraits, men's portraits, violinist

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Joseph Caillaux , 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Edm. von Mach

Portrait of the French politician Jean Casimir-Perier (París 1847 - 1907) President of the French Republic, France. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Theodore Roosevelt, Head and Shoulders Portrait, 1913

Nikolai Mikhailovich Volotskoy, member of the II State Duma from the Vologda province. ca. 1907.

John William Ballantyne. Photograph by A. Swan Watson.

Theodore Roosevelt, twenty sixth President of United States, engraving, American History

Henry Clarke Corbin, US Army general, 1898. Artist: Unknown

Elsevier photo collection. C.j.k. Van Aalst, newly appointed president Dutch trade society Amsterdam. 1912. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Photograph by M.P. Rice, 1902

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