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Historic Portraits of Notable Figures

Black and white portraits of male figures from varying eras, showcasing formal attire and classic photography styles.

Dr. B.L. Jefferson

F. W. Devereux, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Senator Fred T. Duboise of Idaho ca. between 1909 and 1920.

Rev. Joseph A. Booker.. Portraits, Illustrations. 1902. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Slavery , United States, African American clergy, African American abolitionists, Arkansas Baptist College, African American college presidents, Booker, Joseph A.

04/30/1915. Survivor of an Accident. Mr. Vicente Egaña, who was traveling on the Transatlantic "Lusitania" when it was torpedoed and distinguished himself greatly in the rescue.

Station manager Johan Arvid Oscarsson.

Hon. Powell Clayton.. Portraits, Illustrations. 1902. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Slavery , United States, Governors, United States. Congress, Arkansas, Politicians, Clayton, Powell, 1833-1914, Legislators

E. Eriksson.

W.M. Pennell

Dr. Gerhard A. Bading

Verner von Heidenstan i.e. Heidenstam

Leopold Stokowski

Rev. Henry Hugh Proctor. Portraits, Photographs, Illustrations. 1897. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. African Americans , History, African Americans , Biography

Washington Gardner

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

Rev. W. B. West. Portraits, Photographs, Illustrations. 1897. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. African Americans , History, African Americans , Biography

Date: February 26, 1914 - W.D.B. Ainey.

Lyman Powell

Hon. Henry P. Cheatham.. Portraits, Illustrations. 1902. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Slavery , United States, United States. Congress, North Carolina, African American men, African American politicians, African American educators, African American legislators, Cheatham, Henry Plummer, 1857-1935

FRANCISCO SERRANO DOMINGUEZ (1810/1885) - MILITAR Y POLITICO ESPAÑOL REGENTE Y PRESIDENTE DEL GOBIERNO.

C.B. Buxton

Thomas Edward Donne

Carlos Mendoza

Moses Clapp

Prof. Geo. W. Carver, M. Ag.. Photographs, Illustrations. 1902. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African Americans , History, African American teachers, Carver, George Washington, 1864-1943

J.R. McDonald i.e. MacDonald

Major General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, formerly Prince Alexander of Teck (14 April 1874-16 January 1957), was a member of the British Royal Family who served as the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 21 January 1923 to 21 December 1930 and then as Governor General of Canada from 21 June 1940 to 12 April 1946. He was the youngest brother of Queen Mary, consort of King George V. Pictured here in The Tatler at the time of hi

J.W. Kern, portrait bust

Eugene Zimmerman

Dr. F. Vandeen, portrait bust, photograph by Otto Becker & Ma.

Rev. F. J. Grimke, D. D.. Culp, Daniel Wallace. Portraits. 1902. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. African American clergy

Rev. Herbert Scott Smith

General Mario Menocal, President Cuba ca. between 1909 and 1920.

Upton Sinclair, portrait bust, studio at 56 Fifth Ave., N.Y.

C.W. Watson

Arthur O'Keefe

Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois

W.E.B. Du Bois, intellectual leader of the early 20th century African American rights movement. In the early 20th century he was a leader of the Niagara Movement, co-founded the NAACP, and edited the 'CRISIS'. 1918 portrait by Cornelius M. Battey. (BSLOC_2015_16_142)

Chas. E. Townsend, J.E. Purdy, Boston

Eliseo Arredondo

A.B. Garretson

E.R. Thomas

Judge J.W. McCarter

Brian Hooker

G.S. Dougherty

Fried. Karl of Prussia

Cornelius Vanderbilt seated

Mr. J.J. Dedman (Labor) Coris. March 03, 1940.

Prof. W. H. Councill recto.. Culp, Daniel Wallace. Portraits. 1902. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. African American authors, African Americans , North Carolina, African American teachers, Councill, W. H. (William Hooper), b. 1848

Richardson 5, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Hon. George H. White.. Portraits, Illustrations. 1902. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Slavery , United States, United States. Congress, African American men, White, George H. (George Henry), 1852-1918, African American legislators

E.L. Bennet

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

Stins C J Löfroth

William J. Clymer (baseball)

Anefo photo collection. Photo of Pierre, Baron de Coubertin (portrait) founder of modern Olympic Games. December 9, 1965

Constantine, Crown Prince of Greece

George C. Boniface ca 1890.

MANUEL NUÑEZ GONZALEZ.

John Burke

Bishop Josiah H. Armstrong, Born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, May 30, 1842. Died March 23, 1898, at Galveston, Texas.. Portraits. 1900. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. African Methodist Episcopal Church , Ohio , Columbus , Congresses, African American Methodists , Congresses

J.J. Cole

George R. White

Welch, Joseph (1851-1928) ,

Chas. E. Wharton, Ohio, cameo portrait, photographer: John

African-American educator Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee University (taken ca. 1905-1915).

Portrait of Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957), Anonymous

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

J. Bruce Kremer

Professor W. E. Burghardt DuBois.. Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927. Photographs, Illustrations. 1910. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Editors, African American authors, African American college teachers, Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

Catholic Community Dr. Cosmos Fernandes M.D M.L.C India NO MR Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Young African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition.

Jordan black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives, portraits

Portrait Theodor Becker (1880-1952; Actor). Photography (World postcard). Berlin, around 1925

Nakle Moutran Pasha

S.A. Witherspoon

EDWARD ALEXANDER MACDOWELL American composer Date: 1860 - 1908

S.S. Koenig

Prof. Hyslop, portr.

Chas. Boeschenstein

Major Rafael Campa

M.F. Sweeney

Mayor General Pedro Diaz, 1899, issued by Impr. de A. W. Howes in New York

Rev. J. P. Robinson.. Portraits, Illustrations. 1902. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Slavery , United States, African American Baptists, African American clergy, African American abolitionists, Little Rock (Ark.)

J.T. McGraw

Francesco Bernocchi

Warren S. Stone

Booker T. Washington, African-Americans

John Bancroft II

John H. Smythe, 1887., G. M. Rewell & Co., Cleveland, O. African Americans, History, Slavery, United States, Diplomats

Everett C. Brown

Wong Koon studio portraits, portraits, black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Portrait of Charles Christiaan Walther de Hart. Portrait of Charles Christiaan Walther de Hart, the brother of Maria Louisa from the heart.

Isaiah Mays (1858-1925), African American Buffalo Soldier in U.S. Army, Recipient of Medal of Honor for his actions during the 1889 Wham Paymaster Robbery in Arizona Territory, W.E.B. Du Bois Collection, 1900

E. Ludwig

J.W. Kern, portrait bust

POJK portrarts, Lenningbo. Pojkporträtt, Lenningebo.

Geo. F. Peabody

Sir Thos. Esmond

Miller R. Hutchison

Francois Coppee, French poet and novelist, 1892. Artist: Unknown

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