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Historical Figures in Formal Attire

Black and white portraits of distinguished men in formal attire, highlighting notable historical figures from the early 20th century.

N.H. Connolly (Pres. ULYA). April 1, 1938.

John Logie Baird (1888-1946) Scottish electrical engineer; pioneer of television.

New York, New York, 1931 Author Sam Hellman aboard the "Caronia" on his way to the Artists and Writers Golf Tournament being held in Havana, Cuba.

S.S. Olympic Arrives -- Alexander Kerensky, former premier of Russia and leader of the early Russian revolution, as he arrived here today on the Olympic. March 2, 1927. (Photo by International Newsreel Photo).

Field Marshal the Rt.Hon. Viscount Alanbrooke, K.G., G.C.B., O.M :Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke. He has been appointed by H.M. The queen to be Lord high constable for the day of coronation; this office, traditionally, is granted only for coronation day. January 01, 1953. (Photo by Bassano, Camera Press).

Portrait of an Unidentified Man, circa 1928, by William Oakley. F B Butler/Crown Studios Collection. Gift of Frederick B Butler, 1971.

CECIL B DEMILLE.

M. Daladier. April 30, 1938.

Ralph Pulitzer.

Arthur, Prince of Connaught, son of the Duke of Connaught, grandson of Queen Victoria. He married Alexandra, daughter of the Duke of Fife, in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, London, on 15 October 1913. Date: October 1913

Joseph goebbels

De Valera ca. between 1918 and 1921 - Future President of Ireland (1959-1973).

Alastair Sim. Alastair George Bell Sim, CBE (9 October 1900 - 19 August 1976) was a Scottish character actor who began his theatrical career at the age of thirty and quickly became established as a popular West End performer, remaining so until his death in 1976.

Thomas Mann (1875-1955) German novelist who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1929. Photo taken in 1929.

Photographic portrait of Albert I of Belgium (1875-1934) King of the Belgians. Dated 1934

12/31/1914. Don José Santos Ascarza, who has been appointed surgeon director of the Orense hospital after successive oppositions and to whom the court unanimously decided to give the position.

Mr HRW Beetham, 1937, Wellington, by Spencer Digby Studios. Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf Collection. Gift of Ronald Woolf, 1975.

Photo collection Government information service. Mr. J.W. Beyen, b. 2 May 1897. Minister of Foreign Affairs 1952-1956. undated

Austin Chamberlain.

D. J. Curtin - A.L.P. Watson. December 7, 1949. (Photo by The Sunday Herald).

Portrait of the famous Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (7th March 1872 - 1st February 1944), dated 1917.

Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950) Italian-born English novelist whose works include 'Scaramouche' (1921), Captain Blood (1922) and 'The Sea Hawk' which were made into swashbuckling Hollywood films. From a series of cards of 'Famous British Authors' (London, 1937).

12/31/1936. Benito Artigas Arpón, government delegate in the Lozoya canal.

Sam H. Harris

Eamon De Valera (1822-1975) American-born Irish statesman who, after fighting for Irish independence, became leader of Fianna Fail and served as Prime Minister of Ireland and was elected President in 1959. Half-tone.

JOHN MASEFIELD English poet, playwriter and fiction writer in later life Date: 1878 - 1967

Portrait of German writer, journalist, poet, actor and playwright Frank Wedekind (1864 - 1918)

RUDOLF HESS.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

Premier's son Returns To London from Mission To Marshal Tito -- Major Randolph Churchill after his return to London. Major Randolph Churchill, son of the Prime Minister, has returned to London to report on his mission to Marshal Tito. Early in February he landed in Yugoslavia by parachute and contacted the patriot leader. June 27, 1944.

Boris I of Andorra, Anonymous

British Physicist May Win A Nobel Prize : Professor Cecil F. Powell, 46, Professor of Physics at Bristol University, who has been mentioned as a possible winner of a Nobel Prize for Physics. A fellow of the Royal Society, is head of a Bristol University research team in nuclear physics and cosmic radiation. Announcement of Nobel Prize winners is expected from Stockholm on Friday. November 08, 1950. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

12/31/1939. José Ortega y Gasset.

New French Ambassador to Berlin -- Monsieur Coulondres who is to be the new French Ambassador in Berlin. January 01, 1938.

Dr. E. Slipher - U.S. Astronomer. October 25, 1954.

Andrey Januaryevich Vyshinsky (1883-1954) by Anonymous /Russian Academy of Sciences/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

Man; inscribed 'Mr Rowe' Nitrate negatives, gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

J. Borrett, hit £91,000 jackpot. October 5, 1950. (Photo by Reuterphoto).;J. Borrett, hit £91,000 jackpot.

Mr. Arthur M. Loew, President of Loew's International. December 21, 1953. (Photo by Stuart William MacGladrie/Fairfax Media).

George Campbell Scott, Patton, 1970.

Mr. Rupert Speir, M.P - Conservative Member of Parliament for Hexham. February 06, 1952. (Photo by Brodrick Haldane, Camera Press).

Photograph of Francisco Largo Caballero (1869-1946) a Spanish politician and trade unionist.

New York, New York: March 13, 1926 A portrait of Ole Singstade, the new chief engineer of the Holland Tunnel between New York City and New Jersey. He is the successor to Clifford Holland and Milton Freeman who both are deceased.

James Davidson Fulton. Photograph by L.J. Bruce Chwatt, 196- ().

Juan GarcÌa Oliver (1901 ñ 1980) was a Spanish Anarcho-syndicalist revolutionary, and a leading figure of anarchism in Spain.

Alfred W. Adler (February 7, 1870 May 28, 1937) was an Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology

Royal Engagement -- H.R.H. Prince Nicolas of Greece father of Princes Marina whose engagement is announce to H.R.H. Princess George. February 04, 1935.

Sir Claude Plowman. April 08, 1949.

J. Cummings. April 02, 1949.

W.G. McAdoo, Pach Bros. N.Y.

Portrait of Sir Austen Chamberlain, the English politician and Nobel Prize winner. Date: 1800

SIR STEPHEN HAROLD SPENDER English poet, literary critic and editor. Date: 1909 - 1995

Sir John Malfroy Staveley Nitrate negatives, gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychoanalyst.

Alexander Nikolayevich Vertinsky (1889-1957), Anonymous

RAFAEL SABATINI Anglo-Italian writer, author of 'The sea-hawk', 'Scaramouche' and other historical yarns. Date: 1875 - 1950

Francis Brett Young, 1937. Artist: Unknown.

Britain's New Home SecretaryMr. Chuter Ede, Labour M.P. for South shields since 1935, arriving at the houses of Parliament after his appointment as home secretary in the new Government. A former schoolmaster and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education in the coalition Government, he is 64, and has a long record of Parliamentary service. August 03, 1945.

Sir Cecil Spring Rice

Anefo photo collection. National UNESCO Committee loves Study Days in Niewekkerk in Amsterdam Artists; Prof. Dr. C. Verhoeven. May 6, 1982. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Arthur Greenwood (1880-1954) British Labour politician who served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health during the Labour government of 1924

Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903-21 January 1950) who used the pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic.

Seán O'Casey 1880 18 September 1964; Irish dramatist and memoirist

06/09/1981. Eugenio Hernandez Bastos.

Ingmar Bergman. 1918-2007. Swedish film director. Pictured here actor Stig Järrel as the sadistic teacher Caligula during filming of Bermgans film Torment 1944. Photographer: Kristoffersson/G109-3

Professor Harold J. LaskiA new portrait of Professor Harold J. Laski, Chairman of the Labour Party, taken at the London School of Economics. Born in Manchester in 1893, Professor Laski has been connected with the London School of Economics since 1920 and has been Professor of Political Science in London University since 1926. Among other academic posts, he was visiting, Professor of Yale University is 1931 and in 1937 the was made in Hon. LLD. of Athens University. February 7, 1946.

Personalities from politics, business and culture from the years 1965-71. Lorenz Knorr (SPD later DFU) d. 2018, DEU, Germany, Europe

Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English dramatist, c1890. After a series of comedies, in 1893 with 'The Second Mrs Tanqueray', Pinero began a series of realistic tragedies. From 'The Cabinet Portrait Gallery'. (London, 1890-1894). Photograph. Woodburytype.

Man; inscribed 'Mr Barrett' Nitrate negatives, gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

Otto Whimsical (active in Dresden 1903-1947; Geiger). Photography (World postcard with dedication and writing to Theodor Blumer; posted 35.06.1934) by Ottilie Kaiser, Dresden, before 1935

Mr C Morris, 1936, Wellington, by Spencer Digby Studios. Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf Collection. Gift of Ronald Woolf, 1975.

12/31/1943. José María Alfaro Polanco.

Admiral Darlan. Jean Louis Xavier Francois Darlan (7 August 1881 - 24 December 1942) was a French admiral and political figure. Darlan was Commander-in-Chief of the French Navy at the beginning of World War II. Darlan was in Algiers when the Allies invaded French North Africa in November 1942. Allied commander Dwight D. Eisenhower struck a controversial deal with Darlan, recognizing him as High Commissioner of France for North and West Africa. In return, Darlan ordered all French forces in North Africa to cease resistance and cooperate with the Allies. On 24 December, Darlan was assassinated by Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, a 20-year-old monarchist and anti-Vichyiste.

JAMES LOUIS GARVIN Editor of the 'Observer', circa 1924. Date: 1868 - 1947

Lt.-Col. Martin Charteris, Private secretary ***** M. Queen Elizabeth. May 02, 1953.

Howard Carter (1874-1939) British egyptologist, famed for his discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb. Born in 1874, he went to Egypt as a draughtsman in 1891 and studied the inscriptions and sculptures at Thebes. In 1907 he worked under Lord Carnavon at the tomb of Hatshepsut. The emptying, conservation and documenting of Tutankhamen's tomb occupied him for the rest of his life. Date: 10th March 1923

RETRATO DE BERTOLT BRECHT (1898-1956) - POETA DIRECTOR TEATRAL Y DRAMATURGO ALEMAN. BERTOLT BRECHT. Berthold Brecht. BRECHT BERTOLD.

A photograph of Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) a Scottish physician, microbiologist, pharmacologist, and Nobel Prize-Winner in Medicine. Dated 20th century

Anefo photo collection. Russian physical Lysenko. February 5, 1959

Senator Tom Connally - A new portrait of U.S. Senator for Texas, Tom Connally.Senator Tom Connally (U.S. Senator from Texas since 1929) addressed the political committee of the United Nations General Assembly at Lake Success yesterday on the scope of the United States resolution on disarmament, referring in particular to the need to remove control and inspection from the application of the veto. Mr. Vyshinsky replied that he was not yet able to give the detailed Soviet view of the American proposal, but that his Government thought it an interesting and important resolution. Senator Connally, a member of Congress from 1917-1929, was a delegate to the International Parliamentary Union at Geneva in 1924, London, 1930 and Constantinople 1934, and was a delegate from the United States to the first session of the United Nations General Assembly held in London last January. December 03, 1946. (Photo by Reuter Photo).

12/31/1919. In the Image, Lord Balfour signatory of the declaration of support for the Jewish people.

The "Jack Spot" Trial Continues -- 88-year-Old Rev. Basil Andrews, seen on his way to the old Bailey for the "Jack spot" trial today. The "Jack spot" trial continues at the old Bailey today, in which Mrs. "Jack Spot") and three men are accused of plotting to defeat the course of justice. November 30, 1955. (Photo by Fox Photos).

06/22/1946. Jacinto Benavente, protagonist of the Work Benavente, fin de Siglo by José Vila Selma, occupies the criticism of the academic Melchor Fernández Almagro: About Benavente, Works that Help Value a Theater have not yet been Published, in Estimated Number and Quality like His, so Broad, varied and well Sustained, for more than half a Century. ABC 50 Years Ago.

General A.D. Faupel, who is to be Franco's Charge D'Affaires in the Government at Salamanca. General Faupel was until now, Leader of the Ibero-American Institute and for a long time President of The German Spanish Society. General A.D. Faupel. November 23, 1936.

Benito Mussolini (1883 ñ 28 April 1945) Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party 1936

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Franz von Papen zu Kˆningen (1879 ñ 2 May 1969) was a German nobleman, General Staff officer and politician. He served as Chancellor of Germany in 1932 and as Vice-Chancellor under Adolf Hitler in 1933ñ1934

Portrait of the philosopher and esotericist Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) by Russian Photographer /Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk/1916/Silver Gelatin Photography/Russia/Portrait

New Federal Parlt. Beck as UAP Denison, Tas. November 27, 1940.

Joseph Maurice Ravel, 1875 - 1937, French composer, pianist and conductor, leading musician in Impressionism, 1932, digitally edited

Personalities from politics, business and culture from the years 1965-71, DEU, Germany, Europe

Mr. John Logie - New Portrait of, Mr. John Logie Baird, Managing Director of Baird Television Ltd.He is the inventor of the Televisor, the first practical apparatus for the instantaneous transmission of scenes and objects over a distance by wire or wireless. He also invented the Noctovisor, an apparatus for seeing in the dark by invisible rays. April 03, 1935.

UK/Britain: Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an influential English author and journalist, mid-1940s

Sir John Alexander Charles. Photograph.

Douglas dons robes of Supreme Court Justice. Washington, D.C., April 17. William Orville Douglas, 40 year old successor to retired Justice Louis D. Brandeis, today donned the robes of an associate Justice of the Supreme Court and took his place on the bench at noon today. Here he is in his new robes shortly before being sworn in. April 17, 1939

1969 Brooke Bond collectors tea card, depicting: William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (1877 1963), British motor manufacturer and philanthropist. He was the founder of Morris Motors Limited and is remembered as the founder of the Nuffield Foundation, the Nuffield Trust and Nuffield College, Oxford.

Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist, c1930s. Artist: Unknown

Portrait of Jean François van Royen, Willy Sluiter, 1922 print paper historical persons

Portrait of Jean François van Royen, Willy Sluiter, 1922 print paper historical persons

MARSHAL JOSIP BROZ TITO of Yugoslavia in the early 1950's.

Joseph Maurice Ravel, 1875 - 1937, French composer, pianist and conductor, leading musician in Impressionism, digitally edited

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