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Historic Male Portraits

A collection of classic head and shoulders portraits of distinguished men in formal attire, showcasing a vintage photographic style and monochromatic tones.

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, Photograph by Harris & Ewing, 1919

Rudolph Diesel, the inventor of the diesel Motores is, 20 years ago drowned on 29, September 1913 its sleeve Konal. October 30, 1933.

Born in Falun 1855, died in Gävle 1929. Employed as a shipbuilder. Belgian Deputy Consul. Född i Falun 1855, död i Gävle 1929. Verksam som skeppsmäklare. Belgisk vice konsul.

Portrait of Edward Windsor Richards, British engineer and steel maker; Black and white photograph taken circa 1890s

Portrait photograph of Edwin B. Haskell (1837-1907), Mass., ca. 1895 , park commissions, commissioners government officials

John A. Leach

United States Senator Albert B. Fall of New Mexico (Republican) ca. early 1900s, famous for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal.

Dr. F.J. Fielding

F.W. Hamilton.

Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) Swedish physicist and chemist; Nobel prize for chemistry 1903. Photograph. Universitetsbibliotek, Uppsala

GD Axel Granholm born August 18, 1872.

Dr. Harvey W. Wiley ca. between 1909 and 1919.

Jan Christiaan Smuts (1870 ñ 1950). South African statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various cabinet posts, he served as prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948

United States Senator Thomas S. Martin from Virginia ca. 1905-1919.

Station champion Johan Wilhelm Lundin.

10/31/1916. Deceased Senator. The Hon. Mr. Tomás Ibarra González, head of the Sevillian Conservatives, who has died in Seville.

10/31/1911. Mr. Miguel Lorente Ibáñez. Contractor of the espadrilles workshop of the Valencia model prison Murdered on the 27th of the current day by the inmate Juan Alos Soto (A) Mulato.

Dr. Paul Schwarz

Postcard of President Hoover. ca. 1929, PRESIDENT HERBERT C. HOOVER, Republican, born at West Branch, Iowa, Aug. 10th, 1874. Elected president of United States Nov. 6th, 1928.

James Fernandez, British actor, 1883. Artist: St James's Photographic Co

Portrait of J. Kol, born 1849, banker, member of the City Council of Utrecht (1888 -1904), died 1919. Borst statue from the front.

Chester Alan Arthur (1830-1886) was elected the 21st President of the United States and served from 1881-1885. He succeeded to the president after Garfield's assassination. Arthur had an honest, efficient, dignified administration.

John J. Lents

Herbert Hoover portrait by noted photographer Bachrach. Photo possibly taken in 1928 or 1929, when he was the Republican Presidential nominee or as President-elect. (BSLOC_2015_16_44)

Teddy Roosevelt, US Presidents

William Wilfred King. Photograph by Lafayette Ltd.

Chester Alan Arthur. oil on canvas. Date: April 1884. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

Allen Welsh Dulles (1893 1969) American diplomat and lawyer who became the first civilian Director of Central Intelligence (CIA); and its longest-serving director to date. As head of the Central Intelligence Agency during the early Cold War, he oversaw Operation PBSUCCESS, Operation Ajax, the Lockheed U-2 program and the Bay of Pigs Invasion

Date: 1910-1915 - General Louis Botha.

Anefo photo collection. Professor Dr. Chr. Eijkman (Kemperman). April 9, 1952

Thomas Theodor Heine - Draftsman of the Simplizissimus. State state view Hamburg, collection of photography history, acquired 1972

Portrait of the late John Newton, Esq., 1893, Wellington, by James Nairn. Bequest of Alexander Newton, 1936.

John L. Stevens

President Herbert Hoover in his official portrait engraving, ca. 1929. (BSLOC_2015_16_46)

Theodore D. Roosevelt 1858-1919 26. President of the United States of America 1901-1909, the youngest man who was elected US president. Photographic portrait that was published at the time of his death.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919). American politician. 26th President of the United States (1901-1939). Portrait by Adrian Lamb (1901-1988) as Philiph de Laszlo. National Portrait Gallery. Washington D.C. United States.

Charles Piper.

Otto Stapf. Photograph by Lafayette Ltd.

Shibasaburo Kitasato. Photograph.

William Howard Taft, Head and Shoulders Portrait as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Harris & Ewing, 1921

12/31/1919. Portrait of André Citröen.

John Mellanby. Photograph.

Francisco Javier Blanco-Juste. Photograph.

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (born Bönickhausen, 15 December 1832 - 27 December 1923) was a French civil engineer and architect. A graduate of the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, he made his name with various bridges for the French railway network, most famously the Garabit viaduct. He is best known for the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France. After his retirement from engineering, Eiffel concentrated his energies on research into meteorology and aerodynamics, making important contributions in both fields. Eiffel's best-known works in Asia are the General Post Office in Saigon (1886-1891) and the Truong Tien Bridge in Hue (1897-1899). The iconic Long Bien Bridge across the Red River at Hanoi is frequently misattributed to Eiffel, but was in fact designed and built by the French company Dayde and Pille.

F.A. Openshaw (). Photogravure after Harrison.

Frederick Le Maitre Grasset. Photograph by J. Kennedy.

Lluís Millet i Pagés (El Masnou, 1867-Barcelona, 1941). Músico, co-fundador con Amadeu Vives en 1891 del "Orfeó Català".

12/31/1926. Portrait of General Berenguer.

Guy de maupassant. 1850-1893.

Horatio W. Parker (1863-1919), American Composer, Organist and Teacher, head and shoulders Portrait, Pirie MacDonald, 1916

Theodore Roosevelt, Secretary of Navy, Rough Rider, governor and president lithographed by Forbes Litho. Mfg. Co, Boston. Print showing Theodore Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders, facing front, in oval. Dated between 1920 and 1940

Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin (1895 - 1975) Soviet politician who served as Minister of Defense (1953-1955) and Premier of the Soviet Union (1955-1958) under Nikita Khrushchev, following service in the Red Army and as defence minister under Joseph Stalin.

Alexander Yevgenyevich Fersman (1883-1945) by Anonymous /Russian Academy of Sciences/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

George V (1865-1936), King of the United Kingdom, photo by Ernest H Mills, from L'Illustration, No 3507, May 14, 1910.

Giovanni pascoli. 1855-1912.

Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) by Anonymous /The Russian State Library, Moscow/c. 1900/Photograph/Portrait

Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919), often referred to by his initials TR, was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States. A leader of the Republican Party, he was a leading force of the Progressive Era. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under William McKinley, resigning after one year to serve with the First US Voluntary Cavalry Regiment or 'Rough Riders', gaining national fame for courage during the War in Cuba. During World War I, he opposed President Wilson for keeping the US out of the war against Germany, and offered his military services, which were never summoned. Although he planned to run again for president in 1920, his health quickly deteriorated, and he died in early 1919. Roosevelt has consistently been ranked by scholars as one of the greatest US Presidents. His face adorns Mount Rushmore alongside Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln.

Henry Cabot Lodge, Republican Senator from Massachusetts, served from 1893-1924. Ca. 1920. As Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he lead the Senate's refusal to ratify of the Treaty of Versailles and U.S. membership in the League of Nations. (BSLOC_2015_15_193)

Arthur Conan Doyle, circa 1915

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Half-Length Seated Portrait, Photograph by Moffett Studio, Chicago, 1910

Clinton Hart Merriam circa 1905-1945.

Theodore Roosevelt, Portrait, 1911

John Jacob Astor III (1822 - 1890). Pennington, Harper, 1854-1920. 1890. Paintings, Portraits. No Division, NYPL item, but not associated with any one Division, e.g. NYPL Art Work. Astor, John Jacob, 1822-1890

George Earle Chamberlain, 1854-1928

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), twenty-sixth president of the United States, c1900s. Artist: Unknown

Lyon Playfair (1818-1898) Scottish chemist and politician. He studied chemistry at Glasgow under Thomas Graham, and under Liebig at Giessen. Professor chemistry at Edinburgh university 1858-1896. Discovered the nitroprusside class of salts. Chemist to the Geological Survey, 1846. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society 1848. Engaged in the organisation of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Liberal MP for the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh 1868-1885. Secretary of State for Science and Art 1855. Deputy Speaker of the Hosue of Commons 1880-1883. Knighted 1883. Created Baron 1892. From 'The Cabinet Portrait Gallery'. London, 1890-1894. Woodburytype.

Gen. Grenville Dodge 4 15 1911.

Count Zeppelin.

Sir Farquhar Buzzard Famous Physician to Contest Oxford.New Study of Sir Farquhar Buzzard the 64 year old Physician and President of the British Association, Who has agreed to stand in the by-election at Oxford University. Oxford University conservative Committee have decided to propose him as the National conservative candidate The eat will fall vacant when Lord Hugh Cecil resigns as a sequel to his appointement as Provost of Eton. January 13, 1937.

George Du Maurier (1834-1896) French-born English illustrator, cartoonist and novelist. Father of actor-manager Gerald Du Maurier, grandfather of novelist Daphne Du Maurier. Photograph published London c1895. Woodburytype.

Photo collection Government information service. Andrew Carnegie, Philanthrop and Founder of the Peace Palace. undated

Charles Curtis, American Vice President under Herbert Hoover, 1931

Vice President James Sherman circa 1909-1912.

Elsevier photo collection. Prof. Dr. Kamerlingh Onnes, physicist, professor University Leiden. Winner Nobel Prize Physics 1913. 1924. Leiden, South Holland

Sir Winston's Portrait For Dutch Parliament Building -- This is the first photograph of the new portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, painted by the Dutch artist, Max Nauta, The portrait will be shown for two weeks, from Monday next, in a New Bond Street, London, art gallery afterwards, the painting will be hung, as the first portrait of a foreign statesman in the Parliament of the Netherlands. September 23, 1955. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Prof. Dr. C. Duisberg

Axel Kronvall Director Ticket Exp Stockholm Central 1/9 1922 - 31/3 1936

Elsevier photo collection. J.F.M. Mertens, actor companion leader, died. undated

Home Secretary Returns To London -- Mr. J.R. Clynes in his study at his Putney home to-day (Sat).Mr. J.R. Clynes, the Home Secretary, returned to London from Glamis to-day (Saturday) and was soon busy dealing with the work which had accumulated during his absence in Scotland. August 23, 1930. (Photo by London News Agency).

Gustaf af Geijerstam, 1858-1909, Swedish writer, illustration from the book The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Sir William James Ingram (1847 1924), proprietor of The Illustrated London News, and son of founder Herbert Ingram. He was also a Liberal politician and MP for Boston in Lincolnshire on three occasions between 1878 and 1895. Date: C.1890

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States 1901-09, Half-Length Portrait, Photograph by Moffett Studio, Chicago, 1910

Campaign poster for William Taft, 27th President of the USA and, later, 10th Chief Justice of USA Supreme Court - Good Times

ERNEST HEMINGWAY

Christian Friedrich Schönbein, 1799 - 1868, a German-Swiss chemist

Alexander Mitrofanovich Terpigorev (1873-1959), Anonymous

Portrait of David Lloyd-George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, the Welsh Liberal statesman, photographed when Chancellor of the Exchequer. Date: 1914

Winston Churchill 1874 - 1965 Head and shoulders portrait of Winston Churchill as a Member of Parliament in 1904. Churchill was first elected to Parliament in 1900 as a Conservative MP. In 1904, he changed parties and joined the Liberal Party.

U.S. President Millard Fillmore, Seated Portrait, Mathew Brady, Brady-Handy Collection, between 1855 and 1865

Pierre Laval (1883 ñ 15 October 1945); French politician. Prime Minister of France from 27 January 1931 to 20 February 1932, and also headed another government from 7 June 1935 to 24 January 1936.

Former U.S. President William Howard Taft as Chief of Supreme Court, Portrait, circa 1920's

Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette ca. 1905-1925.

Pierre Laval (1883-1945) French politician, Prime Minister 1931-1932, 1935-1936, 1940, 1942-1944. As head of Vichy regime signed orders for deportation of Jews to Nazi death camps. After Liberation executed for high treason.

Maxim Gorky (1868 - 1936), Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the socialist realism literary method, and a political activist. Gorky was active in the emerging Marxist communist movement. He publicly opposed the Tsarist regime, and for a time closely associated himself with Vladimir Lenin and Alexander Bogdanov's Bolshevik wing of the party. For a significant part of his life, he was exiled from Russia and later the Soviet Union. In 1932, he returned to the USSR on Joseph Stalin's personal invitation and lived there until his death in June 1936.

Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919), often referred to by his initials TR, was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States. A leader of the Republican Party, he was a leading force of the Progressive Era. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under William McKinley, resigning after one year to serve with the First US Voluntary Cavalry Regiment or 'Rough Riders', gaining national fame for courage during the War in Cuba. During World War I, he opposed President Wilson for keeping the US out of the war against Germany, and offered his military services, which were never summoned. Although he planned to run again for president in 1920, his health quickly deteriorated, and he died in early 1919. Roosevelt has consistently been ranked by scholars as one of the greatest US Presidents. His face adorns Mount Rushmore alongside Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln.

This illustration shows the 31st president of the United States, Herbert Hoover, who served from 1929 to 1933. The labels on the vignettes read, from left to right, top to bottom: Home Palo Alto California, Food Administrator during World Wqar, Mining Engineer, King George opening the Naval Conference in London February 1930.

Sergey Alexeyevich Chaplygin (1869-1942) by Anonymous /Russian Academy of Sciences/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

William Howard Taft (1857-1930), 27th President of the United States 1909-1913, 10th Chief Justice of the United States 1921-1930, Three-Quarter Length Portrait as Chief Justice, Photograph by Harris & Ewing, 1920's

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