Early 20th Century Portraits

Black and white portraits of prominent historical figures, dressed formally, capturing the essence of early 20th century professional photography.

Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (1871-1939), who served as the President of Cuba.

01/31/1917. D. Alfredo Echegaray y Romea, architect of the royal sanatorium of Guadarrama. Photo: Goya and Nobody -Approximate date.

Portrait of Dr. J.H.C. van den Berg, born 1885, referendary at the municipal secretary in Utrecht and secretary of the theater committee. Died 1963.

Roman Longchamps de Bérier (1883-1941) -Polish lawyer, profesor and rector od Lviv University before WW II ca. before 1934.

Photograph of Marcel Pilet-Golaz (1889-1958) Swiss politician and Foreign Minister. Dated 1940

The Italian director Mario Caserini ca. 1914.

Ernst Juhl. Collection of Juhl

Portrait of Stefan eromski (1864-1925) Polish novelist and dramatist. Dated 20th Century

Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (1871-1939), who served as the President of Cuba.

12/31/1923. Alexandros Papanastasiu, republican leader, head of the Greek Government that proclaimed the Republic.

Ex-King Zog of Albania bids farewell of the City of Exeter which is taking both Zog and Geraldine expressed their where they have lived for six years. Feb. 11th. February 20, 1946. (Photo by Mirror Features).

Portrait of Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863-1938), Italian writer and patriot, photo by H Manuel, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVII, No 31, July 31, 1910.

'Mr. H. G. Wells', 1927. Creator: Unknown.

Adolf Hitler at 47, 1936. Artist: Unknown

12/31/1932. The writer Ricardo León.

Jaim Azriel Weizmann (1874-1952), dirigente sionista británico, primer presidente del estado de Israel.

Tyler Brooke (1886-1943), actor de cine estadounidense.

Gm.v.Merkmann.

Gen. George Catroux.French Ambassador to Moscow. April 20, 1949. (Photo by Camera Press).

Chas. A. Perkins

Don Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres-Sotomayor, 1st Count of Romanones, Grandee of Spain (Madrid, 9 August 1863 11 October 1950, Madrid) was a Spanish politician. He was the Prime Minister of Spain three times between 1912 and 1918, president of the Senate and seventeen times minister. He belonged to the Liberal Party of Sagasta and Canalejas.

Camille Pellisier was a French Minister of Justice. Camille Pelissier (29 August 1859 - 28 September 1943) was a French politician. He was a lawyer, a member of the general council, and a senator for Basses-Alpes between 1907 and 1912. He was active in discussing topics relevant to his department

Photograph of Albert Lebrun. Albert Francois Lebrun (1871-1950) a French politician and President of France

French philopher Henry Bergson. HENRI BERGSON.

12/31/1929. The writer Rudyar Kipling Smoking a Pipe.

HG Wells (Herbert George) 1866-1946. British author and popular historian. Card published 1927.

EDWARD ELGAR Photographed in 1923 Date: 1857 - 1934

General Sir Bryan Thomas Mahon, 1862 to 1930, British Army General and Senator of the Irish Free State. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke, published in 1900, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Karl Liebknecht (13 August 1871 - 15 January 1919) was a German socialist and a co-founder with Rosa Luxemburg of the Spartacist League and the Communist Party of Germany. He is best known for his opposition to World War I in the Reichstag and his role in the Spartacist uprising of 1919. The uprising was crushed by the social democrat government and the Freikorps (paramilitary units formed of World War I veterans). Liebknecht and Luxemburg were killed. After their deaths, Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg became martyrs for German left wing politics.

12/31/1914. Gregorio Martínez Sierra, in 1918.

Publicist Lev Ivanovich Kosunovich ca. 1900.

Jean CharcotFranzösische Forscher-Schiffstragödie an der Südküste von Island.Portrait des franzosischen Polarforschers Jean Charcoot. October 26, 1936.

Engelbert Dollfuss (1892 ñ1934) Austrian statesman. Federal Chancellor in 1932 in the midst of a crisis for the conservative government. Dollfuss was assassinated as part of a failed coup attempt by Nazi agents in 1934.

Photographic portrait of Edgar Istel (1880-1948) a German composer and musicologist. Dated 20th Century

El escritor H.G. Wells.

03/31/1914. Parliamentary Figures. The Marquis of Linares, senator.

Portrait of Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) a prolific English writer of the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks genres. Dated 20th Century

Gerald Maurice Joseph Slot. Photograph.

Kenneth Grahame, (1859-1932) the London banker who wrote 'The Wind in the Willows'.

Elsevier photo collection. P.E. Briët, appointed Mr. Idenburg Senate. 1925

Lord Hartington a Junior Minister - The King has approved the appointment of the Marquis of Hartington, M.P., as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of state for Dominion Affairs, in succession to Mr. Douglas Hacking, M.P., who resigns the post on replacing Lord Stonehaven as Chairman of the Conservative Party organisation.Lord Hartington is the son and heir of he Duke of Devonshire, and represented Derbyshire Since 1923. March 05, 1936. (Photo by Daily Mirror).

April 1931. The aviator Ramón Franco.

AGA KHAN III originally SULTAN SIR MOHAMMED SHAH Indian Muslim leader, took part in conferences, including League of Nations. Pictured in The Tatler, READING The Tatler! The commentary speaks of the great service the Aga Khan, who enjoyed British society and was friends with King George V, had done towards the Allies during the war. Date: 1915

Ferdinand Foch, French general and Allied Supreme Commander in World War I, 26 March 1918. Artist: Unknown

Prince (brother-in-law of Anita Stewart) seated

H. G. Wells, English author and popular historian, 1927. Artist: Unknown

Portrait of the Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), with the musical quotation from Madama Butterfly, Anonymous

Photographic portrait of Hanns Kerrl (1887-1941) German Nazi politician. Dated 20th Century

FERNANDEZ FLOREZ , WENCESLAO ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. LA CORUÑA 1879-1964 OLEO DE NELLY HARVEY. Author: NELLY HARVEY (1877-1961).

Joseph Stalin, 1879-1953, Soviet Politician and Dictator of U.S.S.R.

Prof. Mr. W. L. P. A. Molengraaff, / professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Utrecht. - (see the article on p. 21).

Flandin. December 31, 1934. (Photo by Keystone).

Joseph Caillaux, former French Minister of Finance as head of French Debt Mission, c. 1924. He was a figure in a great scandal. In March 1914, Madame Caillaux, fatally shot Gaston Calmette, the editor of Le Figaro newspaper. She was enraged by his publica (BSLOC_2017_1_75)

Bela Kun, the Communist leader who ruled Hungary as Soviet Dictator from March to August 1921. He was initial ed in Communist methods by Lenin.

Giacomo Puccini, 1858 1924, Italian composer, digitally edited according to a photograph Giacomo Puccini, 1858 1924, Italian composer, digitally edited according to a photograph Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21660521

"Blackmailing The King" Charge.Clarence Haddon, the accused man.Clarence Guy Cordon Haddon (43), described as a consulting engineer, of Compton-road, Islington, London, N., was charged at Bow-street Police Court, London, yesterday with "Uttering, knowing the contents there of, a letter demanding money from the King with menaces, and without reasonable or probable cause." Mr. Haddon claims that he is the illegitimate son of the late Duke of Clarence, brother of King George. November 30, 1933. (Photo by Topical Press).

ANTONIO MACHADO, POETA ESPAÑOL DE LA GENERACION DEL 98. Location: FUNDACION PABLO IGLESIAS. MADRID. SPAIN. ANTONIO MACHADO Y RUIZ (1875-1939).

04/30/1915. The sculptor Ríos Quintero, cousin of the Álvarez Quintero Brothers who sculpted the tombstone dedicated to the brothers in their house in Utrera.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, ca, 1920s, wearing a western business suit. He served as the first President of the Turkish Republic from 1923 until his death in 1938 (BSLOC_2020_2_177)

Benito Mussolini (1883 28 April 1945) Italian politician addresses fascist supporters in Rome 1938

Photographic portrait of Sholem Asch (1880-1957) a Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist. Dated 20th Century

12/31/1929. Portrait of Stefan Zweig.

Great Fun! 52 Years A Showman -- Mr. G. Wirth Retires. After 52 unbroken years of the big top, the sawdust ring, the flares of lights and blares of bands, one-night stands, and long city runs, countless miles of travelling, performing, planning, Mr. George Wirth quits circus life to-day without a regret. "I am perfectly satisfied, I have had a lot of fun, have done well, and now my wife and I are going to settle down at Darling Point, and have our first real rest." he says. Mr. Wirth is retiring in favor of his brother, Philip, and his family, "who, I think, are now competent to carry on as their father and I have done for all these years." Mr. Philip Wirth will manage the show for some years yet, so as to give his children a thorough circus education. May 05, 1930.

Vladimir Lenin portrait. Moscow. 1918. Photographer - Otsup P. A.

Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 ñ October 29, 1963) was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies.

Alessandro Bonci (February 10, 1870 - August 9, 1940) an Italian lyric tenor known internationally for his association with the bel canto repertoire.

Severiano Martínez Anido (Ferrol, La Coruña, May 21, 1862 - Valladolid, 24 December 1938) was a Spanish military, Minister of the Interior with the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera and Minister of Public Order of the first government of General Francisco Franco.

12/31/1929. Professor Márquez, from Madrid, president of the congress.

Leaders of French Political Parties Marcel Cachin (Communist). January 1, 1947.

04/30/1913. Xavier Leroux, distinguished French composer, author of the Opera "le Carrillonneur".

BERENGUER , DAMASO. MILITAR Y POLITICO ESPAÑOL. 1873 - 1953. PRESIDENTE DEL GOBIERNO CON ALFONSO XIII ( 1930-1931 ). REPRODUCCION FOTO.

Count Csaky, The Hungarian Foreign Minister, who is playing an important part in the International Crisis. August 01, 1939. (Photo by Universal Pictorial Press & Agency)

Portrait of José Juan Cadenas at the time of the "Count of Luxembourg", 1909.

'Bataille', c1893. Artist: Eugene Pirou.

Dimitri Tucovic (1881 - 1914) Serbian theorist of the socialist movement, politician, writer and publisher. He was founder of the Serbian Social Democratic Party, with the writings, he participated in many newspapers and magazines: Radnicki novine, Zhivot, Borba, Radnicki list, Sloboda, Tergovacki pomoci, Radnik, Die Neue Zeit, Vorwarts, Gllas Sloboda, Radnicki kalendari, Majski spisi.

Vladimir Lenin. Moscow, October 4, 1922 by Anonymous /State Museum of History, Moscow/1922/Photograph/Russia/History

New Ambassador To Spain -- A recent portrait of Sir John Balfour.Sir John Balfour appointed.It was recently announced that His Majesty The King has been pleased to approve the appointment of Sir John Balfour to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Madrid.Sir John Balfour, who is 56, was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford and entered the diplomatic service in 1919. After service in Budapest, Sofia and Belgrade he was appointed first secretary at the British Embassy in Madrid. February 07, 1951.

11/30/1918. Mr. José Morote who has been appointed undersecretary of the presidency.

Pierre Mille, 1864-1941, French writer. From the book The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, French and Belgian, Volume 6, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

04/30/1922. The distinguished Doctor, Mr. Teófilo Hernando, who on Sunday read his entrance speech at the Academy of Medicine. Photo: Padró -.

S. Untermeyer i.e. Untermyer

Anefo photo collection. Leonard Huizinga. Leonard Huizinga. November 5, 1945

Photograph of Hubert Pierlot (1883-1963) a politician and the 32nd Prime Minister of Belgium. Dated 1939

Bert Acosta -- Pioneer Flier. November 01, 1947.;Bert Acosta -- Pioneer Flier.

12/31/1928. Joseph Avenol.

Emanuel Lasker 1868 - 1941 German chess grandmaster mathematician and philosopher Second World Chess Champion Illustration from Chess Pie No3 The Official Souvenir International Tournament published 1936

Matvei Kapelyushnikov (1886-1959), Anonymous

Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, 10 October 1873 to 5 August 1969, full name Adolf Friedrich Albrecht Heinrich was an African traveller, governor of the German colony of Togo, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the early 20th century, exact original date not known

Hershey, Pennsylvania: November 12, 1923 A portrait of America's chocolate king, Milton S. Hershey, who just set up a $60 million trust fund for the benefit of orphan boys.

Karl Liebknecht (1871-1919) German lawyer and politician. Founder member, with Rosa Luxemburg of the KPD, the German Communist Party. In Berlin in 1919 led the unsuccessful revolt, the Spartacus League Revolution in which he was killed by the army. .

Enrico Caruso. November 25, 1948.

Portrait of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

09/30/1913. M. Pichón, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who accompanies the president.

Edvard Bene (1884 1948) Czech politician who served as the President of Czechoslovakia twice, from 19351938 and 19391948. He was also Minister of Foreign Affairs (19181935), Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (19211922) and the President of Czechoslovakia in exile (19391945)

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Max Planck (1858-1947), c1918. Artist: Unknown.

Georges Clemenceau was Prime Minister of France from Oct. 25. 1906 ñ July 24, 1909. In a second term, from 1917 to 1920, he influenced the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 to impose harsh conditions on Germany (BSLOC_2017_1_73)

Alfred Adler (1870-1937) Austrian psychiatrist; member of group around Freud until he broke away in 1911 and developed theory of Individual Psychology

Black and white photograph of Francois Mauriac (1885-1970), French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet and journalist.

Sir Ellice 'Victor' Sassoon, 3rd Baronet, GBE (20 December 1881 - 13 August 1961) was a businessman and hotelier from the Sassoon banking family. He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father Edward Elias Sassoon in 1924. Married late in life, he had no issue and the Baronetcy became extinct on his death. Sassoon lived in Shanghai as a wealthy bon vivant who worked tirelessly to protect Western interests in the Orient and helped European Jews survive in the Shanghai Ghetto. Sir Victor walked with the aid of two sticks as the result of injuries in World War I in which he served in the Royal Flying Corps. He founded the Cathay Hotel (now the Peace Hotel) but left under increasing Japanese pressure in 1941. Victor Sassoon was an avid photographer and held extravagant parties at his hotel. He sold his business interests in India and Shanghai in 1948 and transferred the proceeds to the Bahamas. There in 1952 he set up a new enterprise, the E.D. Sassoon Banking Company.

Enric Prat de la Riba i Sarrà (Castellterçol, 1870-1917). Político. Presidente de la Mancomunitat de Catalunya.

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