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Early 20th Century Personalities

Images of influential men in suits, reflecting formal style and sophistication, capturing the mood of the early 1900s.

Coolidge For President on Republican Ticket -- Above is an Excellent portrait of President Calvin Coolidge, who was nominated on the first ballot at the National Republican convention for Re-Election. June 12, 1924. (Photo by International Newsreel Photo).

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of André Siegfried , 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Sir Andrew Balfour. Photograph.

Sir Robert Ball (1840-1913) Astronomer Date: 1890

Åke Rydbergh, CEO of 1951 when Stockholm - Roslagen Railway was nationalized.

Irish statesman, Eamonn De Valera (1882-1975) Date: 1921

Mr JS Shaw black-and-white negatives, studio portraits, gelatin silver negatives

Lord Perth -- New Studio Portrait of, Lord Perth, P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C.M.G., C.B., who, it has been stated, is likely to be put in charge of the Peacetime Department of information, which the Cabinet are considering setting up.Lord Perth, the 16th Earl, was educated at Eton, and entered the Foreign Office in 1900. He was Secretary-General to the League of Nations from 1919-1933. July 03, 1939.

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Duncan Blair. Photograph by T. & R. Annan & Sons Ltd, 1938.

Portrait of young Crown Prince Wilhelm

Arthur Russell Thorndike (1885-1972), British actor and novelist, early 20th century. Artist: Unknown

Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, circa 1920

Man; inscribed 'Mr Den Hertog Nitrate negatives, gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

Sir Douglas Mawson

William Lloyd Garrison, half-length portrait, seated, facing front, age thirty, 1885? , Antislavery movements, United States, History, 19th century, Abolitionists, United States, 19th century, Antislavery movements, United States, Abolitionists, United States, History, 19th century, Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, Sartain, John, 1808-1897, Torrey, Manasseh Cutler, 1807-1837

PORTRAIT OF MILTON HUMASON.

William Gibbs McAdoo ca. 1913-1918 (Secretary of Treasury and future United States Senator).

Actor Robert Montgomery, Publicity Portrait, MGM, 1930's

Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland (1847-1926) English Liberal politician and educational reformer. Instrumental in securing raising of compulsory education age of 11. Photograph published c1890. Woodburytype

Governor-General Designate Of Singapore -- A new portrait of: Mr. F. C. Gimson the Governor-General Designate of Singapore. Mr. Gimson was a prisoner of war in Hong Kong for four years. February 19, 1946. (Photo by Harris's Picture Agency).

Dr James Allan Thomson, 1912 - 1926, by James McDonald.

Sir Edward Hulton (1869 - 1925), British newspaper publisher and racehorse owner. Founded the Daily Sketch and bought and developed the Evening Standard. Pictured in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News after his horse, Fifinella had won the Derby. Date: 1916

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. No date or location.

Portrait of Pètrus Jan Rienstra van Stuyvesande (1905-1980), c. 1930 - c. 1940 photograph In the middle of the photo the proof stamp. Netherlands paper. photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life)

1930s PORTRAIT MAN PHOTOGRAPHER H. ARMSTRONG ROBERTS WEARING GLASSES SUIT VEST TIE LOOKING AT CAMERA

Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882-1944) British astronomer physicist and mathematician. Supporter and promoter of Einstein's theories of Relativity

Portrait of the Poet Alexander Blok (1880-1921) by Nappelbaum, Moisei Solomonovich (1869-1958)/The State Museum of A.S. Pushkin, Moscow/1921/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

JOSE ISBERT.

P. Althouse

George Barger. Photograph by Drummond Young.

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Eddie Stamm , 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

H. Zwaardemaker.

Rupert Montgomery Gordon. Photograph.

Bishop A.S. Lloyd

Felix Weingartner

Sir Rubert William Boyce. Process print.

Portrait of Mr RC Hart Nitrate negatives, black-and-white negatives

Mr Desmond Todd, 26 May 1936, Wellington, by Spencer Digby Studios. Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf Collection. Gift of Ronald Woolf, 1975.

Bureau manager Hjälmar Georg Åberg.

'Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., Secretary for the Colonies', 1900. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. I", by Louis Creswicke. T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Mrs. Kaldenberg. Portrait reproduction. September 13, 1948

Elsevier photo collection. Mr. C.th. E. Graaf Van Lynden Van Sandenburg Neerlangbroek appointed Commissioner Queen province Utrecht. February 4, 1954

STUDIO PORTRAIT OF JOHN ANDERSON.

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Frank Dobson , 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 1856 to 1924. 28th President of the United States. From The Illustrated War News 1915.

Mr Guy Ryan black-and-white negatives, studio portraits, gelatin silver negatives

Archibald Joseph (AJ) Cronin (1896-1981) Scottish novelist. Graduated in medicine, 1919, and practiced until 1930. Cronin had success with novels drawn from his medical experiences, particularly 'The Citadel' (1937) and 'The Keys of the Kingdom' (1941). From a series of cards of 'Famous British Authors' (London, 1937).

Photograph of Andrew Francis Lockhart. Bureau of Prisons, Inmate case files.

Portrait of Albert, king of Belgium, in military clothing during the First World War; H.M. The King Of The Belgians'.

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940), British author and statesman born in Perth, Scotland. Governor-general of Canada 1935. Novels include 'The Thirty-Nine Steps' (1915) and 'Greenmantle' (1916). From a series of cards of 'Famous British Authors' (London, 1937).

ALVAREZ , MELQUIADES. POLITICO ESPAÑOL. GIJON 1864 - 1936 REPRODUCCION FOTO.

Barclay Acheson

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, 1863-1933, English writer, Illustration from the book The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Severus Nylin Stins Söderhamn 1/5 1945-30/11 1946

Portrait of Richard NORDRAAK, 1842-66, Norwegian composer, engraving

EDWARD, Prince of Wales, Duke of Windsor, 1894-1972, later to become King Edward VIII, photograph

Charles Comiskey, owner of the Chicago White Sox , Comiskey, Charles A.. Michael T. -Nuf Ced- McGreevy Collection

Photographic portrait of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940), the Scottish writer and statesman, date unknown. Date: date unknown.

Munich (Federal Republic of Germany), 04/07/1972. Reinhard Gehlen is photographed for the first time in many years.

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Pierre Minuet, 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Sir Murchison Fletcher - Governor of Fiji.Arrival of Sierra today Governor of Fiji. January 01, 1936. (Photo by Broughton & Ward).

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - April 7, 1947) was an American captain of industry and a business magnate, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.

Portrait of Moon Cheuk Kwok. black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives, portraits

Arthur Henry Cheatle. Photograph by the London Stereoscopic Co.

Herbert George Wells (1866 1946), English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. Date:

U.S. Congressman Meyer London represented New York City's 12th district from 1915-1919. With Victor Berger, he was one of only two Socialists elected to Congress in the 20th century (BSLOC_2017_2_169)

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), vigésimo octavo presidente de los Estados Unidos de América del Norte. Retrato y bandera impresos sobre tela. Años 1920.

Schenectady, New York: c. 1925 A portrait of Dr. William D. Coolidge of the General Electric Company, inventor of the Coolidge X-Ray tube,