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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

J Norman 3 Ord, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Photograph of King Lunalilo, born William Charles Lunalilo (1835-1874) King of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Dated 1873

Portrait of Judge William J. Whipper. 1882 - 1892. Portraits. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Whipper, William J., 1852-1906, African American judges , South Carolina, African American politicians , South Carolina, African American lawyers , South Carolina

F.H. La Guardia

Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) as Student. Samara, Anonymous

Col. Theo. Roosevelt, 5/19/14

JOHN ARTHUR 'JACK' JOHNSON American boxer, known as the Galveston Giant : first black heavyweight champion of the world, reputed for liaisons with white women. Date: 1878 - 1946

Nicola Tesla (1856-1943), Serbian-American Inventor, Engineer and Futurist, head and shoulders Portrait, Napoleon Sarony, Bain News Service, 1890

Gandhiji in London, England, 1909 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Benito Pablo Juarez Garcia (1806-1872) native Mexican (Zapotec Amerindian) lawyer and liberal politician who served five terms as President of Mexico 1858-1872. Died of a heart attack while still in office.

Judge E.H. Lacombe

Hamengku Buwono VIII, 1865 - 1890 photograph Oval studio portrait of Hamengku Buwono VIII, Sultan of Jogyakarta. Sticked photo in the photo album entitled: Faces of Java. Batavia photographic support albumen print Java. Jogjakarta

Artist controversy was started by the Archibald prize trustees when they ***** William Dargie's portrait of sir Leslie Mc Connan as the winning entry. January 21, 1951.

John Brady, American train robber, who worked with Sam Browning and was sentenced to life imprisonment on 27th November 1895. Date: 19th Century

Nestor Makhno, Anonymous

Nikolai Lenin Bolshevist Leader Founder Ussr Russian Revolution Russian Revolutionary Vladimir Ilich 1870 - 1927

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community.

Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH (17 August 1887 10 June 1940)[1 was a Jamaican publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League

Edwin G. Walker, Esq., attorney at law. He was elected to the Massachusetts legislature in 1863 and nominated by General Butler for the position of judge., 1897., Cambridge, Mass. Publisher, s.n. African American judges, African American lawyers, African American legislators, African Americans, Massachusetts, Walker, Edwin G

Mahatma Gandhi as a law student in London at the age of 21, 1890, copy, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Adrien Toise. C. Millington Drayson (British, active 1870s)

Marcus Garvey (1887-1940), Jamaican-Born Activist, Political Leader, Publisher, Entrepreneur and Proponent of Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism Movements, Full-length Portrait seated at Desk, Bain News Service, 1924

Hitachayama, Jap. wrestler

Robert Brown Elliott (August 11, 1842 ñ August 9, 1884) was an African-American member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina, serving from 1871-1874

S.J. Field who succeed in his suit. June 23, 1931.

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR composer Date: 1875 - 1912

04/17/1878. Thomas Alva Edison with one of his inventions: the phonograph.

Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH (17 August 1887 - 10 June 1940), was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator

John Parks ,. Jack Miller Collection

Jack Johnson

Japanese Tommy

John H. Smythe. Simmons, William J., 1849-1890. Portraits. 1887. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African Americans , History, Slavery , United States, Diplomats

James Young, also known as Young Woon Gung, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), English composer and conductor of African and English parentage. He is best known for his cantata, 'Hiawatha's Wedding Feast'. Pictured in The Sketch magazine at the time he composed incidental for a new version of 'Faust'. Date: 1908

José Guillermo Moncada "Guillermón" (1841-1895). Jefe revolucionario cubano. Grabado de 1895.

Mahatma Gandhiji in London, England, 1906 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Inman E. Page. Simmons, William J., 1849-1890. Portraits. 1887. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African Americans , History, Slavery , United States, Educators , United States

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

John Parks ,. Jack Miller Collection

Senator H. R. Revels , Legislators, Revels, Hiram R. Hiram Rhoades, 1827-1901. Louis Prang & Company Collection

J. W. Cromwell. Culp, Daniel Wallace. Portraits. 1902. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Cromwell, John W. (John Wesley), b. 1846

Herbert Hoover as a 23 year old mining engineer in Perth, West Australia, 1898. The future U.S. President earned a $5,000 salary ($100,000 in 2010) working for a London-based gold mining company. (BSLOC_2015_16_43)

Senator H. R. Revels , Legislators, Revels, Hiram R. Hiram Rhoades, 1827-1901. Louis Prang & Company Collection

William A. Pledger, Chairman Republican State Central Committee of Georgia.. Portraits, Illustrations. 1902. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Slavery , United States, Georgia, African American men, African American politicians, Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

Senator H. R. Revels , Legislators, Revels, Hiram R. Hiram Rhoades, 1827-1901. Louis Prang & Company Collection

Photograph of Asa Wilcox. Bureau of Prisons, Inmate case files.

Granville T. Woods. Simmons, William J., 1849-1890. Portraits. 1887. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African Americans , History, Slavery , United States, Woods, Granville, 1856-1910

1900S 1911 Emiliano Zapata Mexican Rebel Revolutionary And Hero

Poet Vladislav Khodasevich (1886-1939) by Anonymous /Private Collection/Early 1920s/Photograph/Portrait

Josiah Thomas Walls (1842-1905), U.S. Congressman from Florida and one of the First African Americans elected during Reconstruction Era, Seated Portrait, Brady-Handy Collection, 1870's

Man, circa 1930, Wellington, by Cuba Photographic Studio.

Manuel del Socorro Rodriguez, (1758-1819), 1920s. Artist: Unknown

Booker T. Washington, Seated Portrait, by Frances Benjamin Johnson, 1895

Portrait of Mrs. Sarah J.S. Garnet. Portraits, Clippings. 1860 - 1925. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

1800S 1860S Portrait Reverend Josiah Henson Born A Slave Escaped To Canada Minister Author Abolitionist Inspiration For Main Character Uncle Tom'S Cabin

Portrait of the ballet dancer and choreographer Sergey Lifar (1905-1986), Anonymous

Cetshwayo kaMpande c. 1836 to 1884. king of the Zulu nation during the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879. from Africa, dets Opdagelse, Erobring og Kolonisation, published in Copenhagen, 1901, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Jeremiah Beity, 36 ans; Prince Roland Napoleon Bonaparte (French, 1858 - 1924); Africa; about 1888; Albumen silver print

Portrait of Dr Christopher James Davis

Robert Smalls (1839-1915) American politician, publisher, businessman, and maritime pilot, half-length seated portrait, Mathew Brady, 1870's

Jeremiah Beity, 36 ans; Prince Roland Napoleon Bonaparte (French, 1858 - 1924); Africa; about 1888; Gelatin silver print; 15.7 x 11.3 cm (6 3,16 x 4 7,16 in.)

Jeremiah Beity, 36 ans. Prince Roland Napoleon Bonaparte (French, 1858 - 1924)

Talolo, 1890-1910, Smoa, by Thomas Andrew.

William Still.. Simmons, William J., 1849-1890. Portraits. 1887. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African Americans , History, Slavery , United States, Philanthropists, Still, William, 1821-1902

Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), Abolitionist, Freed Slave and Women's Rights Activist, Portrait, 1864

Annie, circa 1897, Smoa, by Thomas Andrew. Gift of Alison Beckett and Robert McPherson, 1996.

Louis Armstrong con su madre y hermana. 1918.

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