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Early 20th Century Portraits

Vintage portraits of women in elegant attire, showcasing classic hairstyles and soft, muted tones. The mood is nostalgic and sophisticated, reflecting early photography styles.

Agnes Nestor

Mrs. A.M. Werner

Mrs. W.E. Corey

Mary Schneider as Queen in the "Huggenots"

Millicent Hearst portrait circa early 1900s.

M.S. Regina Maria

Helena Lewyn

Mrs. Roy Pierce (Betty Faulkner Chapman)

Countess Ina Marie von Bassewitz

Marie (Gamble) Gebhard

Mrs. T.W. Gregory

Mrs. G.R. Sheldon, standing at chair

Mrs. Benj. Guinness

Lily Smith (Capt. City of London N.S.C.)

Sari Petrass

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

Mrs. Jos. Leiter

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

Mrs. Albert H. Illingworth

Mrs. Sam'l Ralston

Reeves 6, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Varvara I. Pupon

Princess Antoine-Albert-Radziwill

Minnie Maddern Fiske

Dorothy Darlington.

Mrs. Edna Keating

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

Helen Hughes

Grierson 12 studio portraits, portraits, black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Mrs. John DeKoven Bowen seated

African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition.

Woman; inscribed 'Miss McCaul' Nitrate negatives, gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

Date: 1910-1915 - Estelle H. Stead .

Mme. Cruppi

Mrs. H.H. Rogers

Fritzi Massary

Mrs. Helen i.e. Helene Britton

Mrs. Elmer G. Laurence

Mme. Louise Homer

Robertson 6 PS, circa 1908, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Date: 1910-1915 - Mrs. Edna Keating .

Princess Maude of Fife

Hon. Mrs. Henry Wm. Forster

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

MARRIANNE EISSLER Violinist, performed in Britain : photo of 1895 Date: CIRCA 1890S

Princess Nashimoto

Mrs Vernon 12, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Dayton Nichols

Lena Gary (photo by Getz, Balto.)

Mme. E. Arredondo

Marie Tailer

Mrs. Winston Churchill seated with book

Mrs. Susan W. Fitzgerald

Mrs. Reginald Brooks

Mrs. E. Pankhurst

Duchess of Marlborough

Mrs. C.E. Hughes

CONSUELO BELLO CANO. LLAMADA LA FORNARINA ARTISTA ESPAÑOLA DE VARIEDADES. MADRID 1884-1915.

Marion Cleveland

Queen Victoria's pictures. Queen Victoria poses in beautiful dress.

African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition.

Mrs. A. G. Jennings

Agnes Lee playing piano, by Fred Holland Day (1864--1933), American photographer and publisher. He was prominent in literary and photography circles in the late 19th century and was a leading Pictorialist. He was an early and vocal advocate for accepting photography as a fine art. Agnes Lee (nee Martha Agnes Rand; 1868 - 1939) was an American poet and translator.

Mrs. T. Irving Chapman

Queen Mary holding the baby Prince Charles

Cornelia McL.Curtis

12/31/1889. Portrait of the Infanta Doña Eulalia de Borbón in her youth.

03/14/1912. The elegant Spanish dancer Pilar Guerrero, who debuted last night with great success at Trianón Palace. Photo: Panteleifotografica.

The first production of Peter Pan starred the beloved Maude Adams, for whom Charles Froham commissioned the play from its author. It premiered at the Empire Theatre, New York, on November 6, 1905. Ernest Lawford doubled as Hook and Darling, and Mildred Morris was Wendy. Although greeted lukewarmly by the critics of the time, the great faith of manager and star and word-of-mouth comment caused the boxoffice to build steadily until the play achieved a run of 237 performances that season. Although she acted other plays, Maude Adams returned constantly to the role of Peter, which she played either in New York or on tour every season from 1905 until early 1916. It was the greatest success of this popular actress career. Miss Adams, who is 77, emerged from retirement from the stage some years ago to take her present post of teacher of dramatics at Stephens College, Columbia, Mo.

Richardson 12 portraits, black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Mrs. Edw. Shearson

Ernestine Schumann-Heink

Mrs. Edw. McLean

Mrs Hounsell 12 PC, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Greta Torpadie

Miss Chivers, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Cora Dow

Princess Victoria Luise

Mrs. Henry F. Dimock

06/30/1912. From the Valencia tram catastrophe. Doña Elisa Lizandra injured in the crash.

Adela Vivero

Bessie Abott

Debutante Dorothy (Dennett) Slemp, daughter of Fred Dennett, General Commissioner of the Land Office circa 1910-1915.

Jessie Millward (1861-1932), English stage actress, known for her performances both in Britain and the United States and member of Henry Irving's theatre company Date: 1890

Princess Maria Del Pilar

Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg, always called 'Ena', was born in Scotland on October 24, 1887, the only daughter of Prince Henry of Battenberg and Princess Beatrice, herself one of Queen Victoria's daughters. Ena married King Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1906. The couple had six children, two of whom, including the eldest son, suffered from haemophilia. In 1931, elections voted overwhelmingly for a republic and the royal couple went their separate ways in exile. Date: 1903

Mrs. Mary Jacquith i.e., Jaquith

Mrs. Ratan Lata, standing

12/31/1913. Miss María Luisa Silva Bazán y Fernández de Henestrosa, who will marry HRH the Infante Don Fernando next October.

Lady Anne Coventry, whose marriage to the bankrupt royal Sikh Prince Victor Duleep Singh in 1898 was controversial - it was the first time an English noblewoman had married an Indian prince. Date: 1904

Elsie de Wolfe

Fanny Fields, actress Date: early 20th century

Galli-Curci

Clementine Hozier at her wedding. June 25, 1953.

Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby (1892-1977), Anonymous

Liza Lehmann (1862-1918), English opera singer (soprano) and composer, known for her vocal compositions. Date: 1890

Countess Crewe

Dorothy Dennett

Marjorie Brown

Eliz. Spencer

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