Historic Portraits of Notable Figures

A collection of vintage portraits featuring individuals in various elegant and theatrical outfits, showcasing a mix of moods and styles from the early to mid-20th century.

Poetess Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) / Anonymous / Photograph / 1920s / Russia / State Central Literary Museum, Moscow / Portrait

Eleanor Roosevelt, on Inauguration Day 1933. The new First Lady worn a lavender velvet day dress that is now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. (BSLOC_2015_2_243)

(Edward Henry) Gordon Craig (1872-1966) British stage designer. Son of Ellen Terry and Edward William Godwin. Craig as Arviragus in Shakespeare's ''Cymbeline''.

Poetess Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) / Anonymous / Photograph / 1920s / Russia / State Central Literary Museum, Moscow / Portrait

Mrs. Brown Potter, Adolphe Gayne de Meyer, 1908 photomechanical print United States of America paper portrait of actor, actress

Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone (1882-1985), a singer and performer of Creek and Cherokee ancestry circa 1910-1915.

SERGEI M. EISENSTEIN.

WILLIAM HAINES.

Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt in November 1934, when she was engaged in a custody struggle with her sister-in-law, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. At stake was her custody of daughter, Gloria, and power over the child's $2.5 million trust fund (BSLOC_2020_2_35)

Mark Twain. Alvin Langdon Coburn (British, born United States, 1882 - 1966)

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Marijke (Christina) with bag, 1957. 1957

James Gleason and his wife Lucile Webster at the Premiere of his Movie, "The Bowery", Los Angeles, California, USA, International News Photos, Inc., 1933

Kyrle Bellew. 1875 - 1911. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Actors, Bellew, Kyrle, 1855-1911

Nellie Tayloe Ross, Democratic Governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927. Her husband was, William Ross, the progressive Democratic Governor of Wyoming who died of appendicitis in 1924. Democratic Party nominated Nellie to succeed him as Governor in 1924, and she won a two year term without campaigning. (BSLOC_2015_16_194)

Lilya Brik, Rodchenko, Alexander Mikhailovich (1891-1956)

Photograph by Wilhelm August Schwind depicting a woman in a formal portrait.

Sarah Anderson, a Washington suffragist who advocates equal smoking rights for men and women in public places, at the Chevy Chase Club, Washington's most exclusive country club, photograph circa 1909-1930

FOTOGRAFIA BLANCO Y NEGRO.

'Empress' Hermine van Germany, Steiger, 1937 photograph Ex-empress Hermine, and Profil, standing on a veranda with balustrade. Right under signature and date in purple pencil.h Thorn paper historical persons - BB - woman Thorn

Hedy Lamarr, on-set of the Film, "Ecstasy", Slaviafilm, 1933

FRANCESCA BERTINI.

Elsevier photo collection. Congratulation visit provincial capitals Claus von Amsberg Princess Beatrix. visit Leeuwarden. September 7, 1965. Friesland, Leeuwarden

Princess Elizabeth inspecting a camera at the Windlesham Camera Club. Princess Elizabeth. Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and 15 other Commonwealth realms. She is the elder daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

Photographic print of Alexei Nikolayevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904-1918) the Tsarevich and heir apparent to the throne of the Russian Empire. He was the youngest child and only son of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Fedorovna. Dated 1909

Portrait of the Tsarina of Russia, Alexandra of Russia. Alexandra Feodorovna (1872 - 17 July 1918) was Empress of Russia as the spouse of Nicholas II--the last ruler of the Russian Empire; from their marriage on 26 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March 1917

Theodore Roosevelt on "Queen Maude"

Amalia Guglielminetti (1881-1941), Italian writer and poet, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVIII, No 21, May 21, 1911.

Empress Nagako, proposed to marry Crown Prince Hirohito, 1922

JEAN SIMMONS in YOUNG BESS (1953), directed by GEORGE SIDNEY.

1843 calotype portrait by David Octavius Hill depicting Miss Mary McCandish, part of his early photographic studies of individuals.

Ernst Krenek with Ms, Reich, Unknown, photographer

MAE WEST.

BETTE DAVIS in THE NANNY (1965).

The Operettendiva Fritzi Massary. State state view Hamburg, collection of photography history, acquired 1972

Tennessee Claflin (1844-1923), notorious American feminist and sister of Victoria Woodhull, with whom she opened open a Wall Street brokerage firm. She pursued spiritualism and free love, may have had an affair with Cornelius Vanderbilt, but eventually married a married Francis Cook, Viscount of Montserra in 1885.

CLORIS LEACHMAN in YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974), directed by MEL BROOKS.

Franklin Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Portrait Waving, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, 1915

Elsevier photo collection. visit Queen Wilhelmina Sweden. welcomed King Gustaaf V. September 1922. Sweden

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald with their daughter 'Scottie' c. 1925. Named after her father, Frances Scott Fitzgerald, she became a journalist (BSLOC_2018_4_32)

Two portraits of Gilda Darthy and Gaby Deslys, Ch. Reutlinger, 1900 - 1930 photomechanical print This photo and print are part of an album. Paris cardboard. photographic support. ink gelatin silver print / pen historical persons - BB - woman. portrait of actor, actress

JEAN HARLOW.

JOAN FONTAINE in IVY (1947), directed by SAM WOOD.

ANGELA LANSBURY in THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1945), directed by ALBERT LEWIN.

AUDREY HEPBURN in THE NUN'S STORY (1959), directed by FRED ZINNEMANN.

Elsevier photo collection. Princess Beatrix Claus von Amsberg committed Baarn town hall. Claus von Amsberg signs deed. 17 February 1966. Baarn

Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands 1948. Juliana (1909 ñ 20 March 2004) Queen of the Netherlands between 1948 and 1980. She was married to German aristocrat Prince Bernhard

Elsevier photo collection. Princess Beatrix moved lead house Rapenburg 45 stay studies. September 3, 1956. Leiden, South Holland

Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands 1948. Juliana (1909 20 March 2004) Queen of the Netherlands between 1948 and 1980. She was married to German aristocrat Prince Bernhard

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Beatrix. 1964

Hollywood, California: March 22, 1934 A photo of the back of actress and film director Ida Lupino's head showing her unusual hair style.

Evelyn Nesbit, Ready for Mischief, Portrait on Bear-Skin Rug, Postcard, 1898

Frances Perkins, U.S. Secretary of Labor 1933-45, half-length portrait standing at her desk, Washington, D.C., USA, Harris & Ewing, 1934

Portret van Mrs. Bernard-Beere, The St. James's Photographic Company, c. 1878 - in or before 1883 photomechanical print paper adult woman. historical persons

BETTE DAVIS and GEORGE HURRELL in THE LITTLE FOXES (1941), directed by WILLIAM WYLER.

Ethel Barrymore Actress (1879-1959)

Mrs. Charles Huntington (later Jane, Lady Huntington) John Singer Sargent (American, born Italy, 1856-1925). Mrs. Charles Huntington (later Jane, Lady Huntington), 1898. Oil on canvas, 93 5/16 x 51 1/4 in. (237 x 130.2 cm). American Art 1898

Elsevier photo collection. portrait Queen Juliana Prince Bernhard. September 1948

TATUM O'NEAL in PAPER MOON (1973), directed by PETER BOGDANOVICH.

Property of Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France La Comtesse de Fleury , (French - Propriété d' Albert Kahn , Boulogne , France La comtesse de Fleury). Woman, personality of nobility, portrait, jewelry, hairstyle , headgear, mode, Human beings, personality, clothing, France, Boulogne, Portraits, Mme La Comtesse de Fleury (in town dress)

PAULINE FREDERICK.

Honolulu, Hawaii: 1917 A portrait of Liliuokalani, the Queen of Hawaii in a chair and bathed in sunshine.

Margarida Xirgu Subirà (1888-1969), actriz de teatro.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Irene at Paleis Soestdijk. 1951. Baarn, Utrecht

A rare portrait of Greta Garbo and her mother. Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm and was 'spotted' whilst studying at the Royal Theatre Dramatic School by the Swedish director Mauritz Stiller. Her first Hollywood film was 'The Temptress' 1926. Amongst her other successes are, 'Queen Christina' (1933), 'Anna Karenina' (1935) and 'Ninotchka' (1939). She retired from films in 1941, after receiving poor reviews for 'Two-Faced Woman.' She spent the rest of her life living as a recluse in New York.

Hand holfing postcard of Virginia Woolf, England, UK

04/01/1914. Queen Victoria Eugenia in the bullring in Madrid.

THEDA BARA.

Portrait of Princess Dagmar of Denmark, Maria Feodorovna of Russia (1847-1928), Russian Photographer

RUDOLPH VALENTINO in A SAINTED DEVIL (1924), directed by JOSEPH HENABERY.

ELIZABETH TAYLOR.

Portrait of Eleonora Duse (1858-1924), Italian theatre actress, photo by Giovan Battista Sciutto from L'Illustration, No 3238, March 18, 1905.

MILLIE PERKINS in THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (1959), directed by GEORGE STEVENS.

Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel, on-set of the Film, "Carnal Knowledge", AVCO Embassy Pictures, 1971

JAMES STEWART and JEAN HARLOW in WIFE VS. SECRETARY (1936), directed by CLARENCE BROWN.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

Fritz Wolff as a parsifal in the eponymous opera of Richard Wagner. Bayreuth Festival, 22.07.1933

Photograph of Victoria (1819 - 1901), Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. On 1 May 1876, she adopted the additional title of Empress of India.

MAURICE CHEVALIER and JEAN HARLOW in THE LOVE PARADE (1929), directed by ERNST LUBITSCH.

Mother Jones. Mary Harris Jones, photo ca. May 1, 1929

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Beatrix. 1964

ESTRELLITA CASTRO.

JOSE SAMANIEGO.

Thea in The Hague and cut, 1943 photograph Album magazine with two photos of Thea Driesen in 1943: visiting The Hague and portrait after a visit to the hairdresser. Part of a photo album about the German Werner Neufang of the Kriegsmarine and the Dutch Thea Driesen. Netherlands paper. photographic support. pencil gelatin silver print / writing (processes) historical persons - BB - woman The Hague

BETTE DAVIS.

VANESSA REDGRAVE.

DOLORES DEL RIO in REVENGE (1928), directed by EDWIN CAREWE.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard hands a check to Koningin Wilhelmina for her birthday as a thank you for the ship "Van Galen". 1941

Thomas A. Ross, Littleton, Mass. ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

Thomas A. Ross, Littleton, Mass. ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

MARION DAVIES in BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK (1926), directed by SIDNEY FRANKLIN.

Ernst Krenek with Anna Mahler, Unknown, photographer

Angela Maria 'Geli' Raubal (June 1908 1931) was Adolf Hitler's half-niece. Born in Linz, Austria-Hungary, she was the second child and eldest daughter of Leo Raubal Sr. and Hitler's half-sister, Angela Raubal. Raubal lived in close contact to her uncle from 1925 until her presumed suicide in 1931.

Lois Kimsey Marshall with Grace Coolidge at a Washington D.C. ladies luncheon. Ca. 1921-23. Mrs. Marshall was the wife of Wilson's Vice President Thomas Marshal and Grace was the spouse of VP Calvin Coolidge. (BSLOC_2015_15_153)

12/31/1939. Actress Katharine Dressed as an Aviator.

ROCIO DURCAL in LAS LEANDRAS (1969).

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Princess Anne with broken finger. December 10, 1964

Baghdad, Iraq: October 6, 1932 King Faisal of Iraq broadcasting his speech during the celebration of Iraq becoming a member of the League of Nations.

Portrait of Emma, Queen Regents of the Netherlands, Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, Hendrik van Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, 1929 photograph The Hague photographic support

The Offical anouncement of accession of King George VI to the throne of the United Kingdom following the abdication of his brother King Edward VIII.

Miss M. Stuart Wortley (Mrs. Reginald Talbot); Ronald Ruthven Leslie-Melville (Scottish,1835 - 1906); England; 1860s; Albumen silver print

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