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Historical Leaders and Diplomacy

A collection of black and white photos featuring historical figures engaged in discussions, wearing formal attire, with a focus on diplomacy and significant events.

French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau in Versailles, France 3 June 1918. Artist: Unknown

12/29/1918. The new ambassador of France in Madrid - SEM Alapetite (1) during his official visit to the Count of Romanones (2) at the ministry of state after presenting his Letters of Credence to ASM the King.

11/30/1921. Cordova. End of the Royal journey. Her Majesty the Queen (X), upon leaving Queen Victoria's wardrobe, Responds with her Greetings to the Acclamations of the crowd.

EDWARD VIII The Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) and Prince Albert (later George VI) with their uncle (Queen Mary's brother) Prince Alexander of Teck. Date: 1911

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Queen Wilhelmina during a visit to Paris. She inspects the honorary guard in the courtyard of the Elysée, Wednesday 17 June 1931. 17 June 1931. France, Paris

Brussels (Belgium), 04/17/1958. King Baudouin in the auditorium where the Brussels Universal Exhibition opened.

Berlin. 01/30/1933. Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler poses with his ministers Göring and Frizk.

ALEC GUINNESS in HITLER: THE LAST TEN DAYS (1973), directed by ENNIO DE CONCINI.

06/05/1955. Image of King Hussein, grandson of Abdullah, to whom the head of state presents the ministers of the Spanish Government.

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard keep the traditional New Year's reception in the palace on Dam Square. Prince Bernhard arrives. January 3, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana receives new ambassadors. The Russian ambassador LAVROV arrives per coach at home ten Bosch. July 6, 1967. The Hague, South Holland

Adolf Hitler (* 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn) ( 30 April 1945 Berlin), Leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor from 1933, also self-appointed "Fuehrer" and head of state of Germany

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Queen Wilhelmina in "Oranjaven" in London, surrounded by Englandvaarders, Monday 11 September 1944. September 11, 1944. Great Britain, London

Canadian Governor Visits President -- The Earl of Athlone (left), Governor General of Canada, in field marshal's uniform, sits with President Roosevelt for trip to the White House after arrival at Capital for two-day visit. March 22, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto)

Sir John French

Elsevier photo collection. Eisenhower Amsterdam. Queen Wilhelmina, W. Bedell Smith on photo scan; Schermerhorn, Prince Bernhard, Kleffens, et al. 1945

Adolf Hitler, Sportpalast, Berlin, Germany, September 14, 1930

Adolf Hitler, pictured on a German propaganda poster, c1933-1945. The caption translates as Yes! Fuhrer we follow you! The artist is unknown.

HM The King laying a wreath at The Cenotaph. George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 - 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was concurrently the last Emperor of India until August 1947, when the British Raj was dissolved.

Grand Duke Nicholas, 1917, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Duke Of Windsor - King Edward VIII. September 07, 1936. (Photo by Sport And General Press Agency Limited).

Unity Mitford (1914 - 1948) English socialite best known as a devotee of Adolf Hitler attends a Nuremberg Rally with British fascist supporters. 1934. Both in Britain and Germany, she was a prominent supporter of Nazism and fascism, and formed part of Hitler's inner circle of friends. Following the declaration of World War II, Mitford attempted suicide in Munich, and was officially allowed safe passage back to England in her invalid condition, but never recovered.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Koningin Wilhelmina visits Maastricht, Wednesday, March 21, 1945. March 21, 1945. Limburg, Maastricht

Prince August Wilhelm. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Kennedy family members: U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Steven Smith, Peter Lawford, Jean Kennedy Smith, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, walk to the gravesite of U.S. President John F. Kennedy for graveside services in the state funeral of President Kennedy, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA, Abbie Rowe, White House Photographs, November 25, 1963

Winston Churchill Installed As Lord Warden Of The Cinque Ports: Winston Churchill waves to the people of Dover on arrival for the ceremony. The first Commoner ever to be installed as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Mr. Winston Churchill was installed at Dover to-day. Two Commoners have previously held the appointment - William Pitt the 'Younger and Mr. W.H. Smith -but neither of these two was duly installed. Churchill with another hat and ceremonial dress resembling an admirals uniform with cuffs and collar heavily embroidered in gold. August 14, 1946. (Photo by Topical Press).

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard give New Year's reception in Palace on the Dam Ambassador of USSR, no. 5: Minister Luns. January 20, 1969

Anefo photo collection. General Juan Velasco Alvarado, President Peru. July 2, 1971. Peru

Forces Sweetheart And Six-Servicemen Vera Lynn, well-known as the "Forces Sweetheart" because of the way she kept up the spirit of the men in to Forces during the war with her romantic singing, seen chatting over did times with ex-Servicemen at the "Not Forgotten" Association harden Party at Buckingham Palace, London. August 4, 1950. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).;Forces Sweetheart And Six-Servicemen Vera Lynn, well-known as the "Forces Sweetheart" because of the way she kept up the spirit of the

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Queen Juliana, Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene in Brussels. December 13, 1960. Brussels

Photograph of Georgy Gapon (1870-1906) a Russian Orthodox priest and a popular working class leader before the Russian Revolution of 1905. Dated 20th Century

Pankhurst SpeaksFrom The Plinth of the Nelson Column, Miss Sylvia Pankhurst protested against the British policy in India, when the Friends of India Society held a mass demonstration in Trafalgar Square. February 26, 1932. (Photo by The Associated Press of Great Britain Ltd.).

Francisco Franco 1892 ñ 1975, dictator of Spain meets, at the end of the Spanish Civil War.

Manuel Azana Diaz (1880 - 1940) Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1933 and 1936), organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the last President of the Republic (1936-1939).

01/26/1936. José Antonio during his speech at the event held at the fronton cinema by the Spanish phalanx.

Anefo photo collection. The new American ambassador in the Netherlands, C. Freeman Matthews upon his arrival at Lange Voorhout Palace where he will offer his credentials to Koningin Juliana. November 25, 1953. The Hague, South Holland

Germany: Hermann Goering (1893-1946), holding up his Fieldmarshall's baton at Air Force day parade, 1 March 1938

Russian Czar Nicolas II (in the centre), with King Carol I (on the right)and Crown Prince Ferdinand of Romania, pictured during a visit by the Russian Royal Family to Constanza, on the Black Sea coast of Romania Date: 1914

Adolf Hitler 1889-1945. addresses a rally 1936. German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party. He was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945.

High Commissioner Helps a Young Cameraman -- Mr. Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola, the Pakistan High Commissioner in London, helps a young photographer adjust his cine camera at London Airport today (Friday). The young man 13-year-old Ashraf, son of the Pakistan Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan. With him is his nine-year-old brother, Akear.They were at the airport to see their father off on his journey home. The Prime Minister left by K.L.M. aircraft for Amsterdam on the first stage of his return trip. He was in London attending the Commonwealth Prime Minister's Conference. January 19, 1951. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Joseph Stalin and Maxim Gorky by Anonymous /The Russian State Library, Moscow/1931/Photochrom/Russia/Portrait,History

Fausto Coppi

Winston Churchill. August 5, 1941. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

General Johan Vicente Gomez, President almost continuously since 1908 of the first of the South American Republics to declare its independence of Spain, who on the 19th of this month started the 25th year of his administration, with one of the young grandchildren. January 1, 1933. (Photo by Wide World Photo).

Colour photograph of Hermann Wilhelm Göring (1893-1946) a German politician, military leader, and leading member of the Nazi Party. Dated 20th Century

Chain's "Strong Man" Receives The Press Wife Acts As Interpreter -- General And MME. Chiang Kai-Shek photographed with Journalists after the interview in Nanking. MME. Kai-Shek is here seen to be a pretty woman, on her high collar she *****.MME. Chiang Kai-Shek, who holds as much power in China as her famous husband, General Chiang Kai-Shek, acts as interpreter when the press are interviewed. All these interviews are held in secret plades, as are other meetings of importance, ***** of their important position for ***** . November 10, 1937. (Photo by Keystone)

05/31/1913. The new civil governor of Barcelona. Mr. Francos Rodríguez (X), Upon His Arrival in the Catalan capital to take possession of the civil government.

Benito Mussolini (1883 - 1945), Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party. Date: 1935

Roland Freisler (18931945) was a prominent and notorious Nazi German judge. He became State Secretary of Adolf Hitler's Reich Ministry of Justice and President of the Volksgerichtshof (People's Court) which was set up outside constitutional authority. T

Heir Prince Alexandre, Serbia Regent, 1915, Serbia, Europe

Photograph of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) Austrian-born German politician who was the leader of the Nazi party and Chancellor of Germany. Dated 20th Century

CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

The Prime Minister's Daughter With Her First "Pip" -- Miss Mary Churchill, Photographed in London. Second Subaltern of the A.T.S. ***** attached to ack-ack site near *****. July 12, 1943.

Prince Charles With Father - British Royalty. February 23, 1952.

Winston Churchill After The Bombings, London, 1942.

07/31/1912. Don Alfonso Xiii in San Sebastián. HM the King leaving the Yacht Club Speaking with the civil governor of the province.

Mountbatten Accompany Daughter And Fiance To Romsay For Wedding.Admiral Lord Mountbatten and Lady Mountbatten (left) leaving their London home with Miss Patricia Mountbatten and Lord Brabourne for Romsey.Admiral Lord Mountbatten and Lady Mountbatten accompanied their 22-year-old elder daughter, Miss Patricia Mountbatten and her fiance, Captain Lord Brabourne, aged 21, of the Coldstream Guards, when they left London for Romsey, Hampshire, where they are to be married on Saturday in Romsey Abbey. Romsey is near the Mountbatten home at Broadlands. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, daughters of King George and Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Alexandra, daughter of the Duchess of Kent, will be bridesmaids. The King and Queen and the Duchess of Kent will be among the principle guests. October 24, 1946. (Photo by Planet News)

H. R. H. The Duke & Duchess of Gloucester. February 08, 1944. (Photo by Harris's Picture Agency).

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana reveals the statue of Dr.ir. Lely in Den Oever, at the foot of the Afsluitdijk. September 23, 1954. Den Oever, Noord-Holland

Black and white photograph of French General Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) in his office in London.

Vladimir Lenin on May 1, 1920 by Anonymous /State Museum of History, Moscow/1920/Photograph/Russia/History

06/08/1947. Eva Duarte Perón, wife of the Argentine president, is acclaimed by the people of Madrid.

Black and white photograph of Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) on the balcony of the Palace of Venice announcing Italy entering the war on 10 June 1940.

Mussolini and the Winner of Vittorio Veneto Marshal Diaz

Ion Gigurti, Romanian Prime Minister, left, welcomed to Munich by Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister.

Wax works of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 - 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then assuming the title of Fuhrer und Reichskanzler in 1934. During his dictatorship, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust, the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims. Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (6 December 1878 - 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who governed the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He served as both General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1952) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1941-1953).

General Charles Gaulle - President - France. January 21, 1946. (Photo by Sports & General Press Agency Limited)

12/31/1924. The Shah of Iran, Reza Khan Pahlevi. Vidal Photographic Information.

ALEC GUINNESS in HITLER: THE LAST TEN DAYS (1973), directed by ENNIO DE CONCINI.

Japanese Ambassador Leaves -- The Japanese ambassador in London, Mr. Shunichi Matsumoto, waves farewell at London Airport as he returns to Tokyo for consultations. February 27, 1954.

Photograph of Sir Edward Carson (1854-1935) delivering a speech to the Ulstermen. Dated 1914

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

"Confessions of a Nazi Spy" starring Edward G. Robinson - A first National Picture. May 6, 1940. (Photo by Vitagraph Inc.).

***** Phillip Home The Duke accompanied by the ***** Aberdeen ***** quayside before he left by car ***** Balmoral. Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Aberdeen today in the Royal ***** Britannia. He ***** been touring Canada for the past ***** weeks. August 22, 1954. (Photo by Evening Standard Picture)

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA (30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965) was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer (as Winston S. Churchill), and an artist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States.

Semyon Budyonny, Kudoyarov, Boris Pavlovich (1898-1973)

Joseph Stalin

Grand Duke Alexander with brother Vladimir and cousins Nicholas Maximilianovich and Sergei Maximilianovich of Leuchtenberg, Levitsky, Sergei Lvovich (1819-1898)

Adolf Hitler, 1939.

JAMES COSSINS and JOHN MILLS in GANDHI (1982), directed by RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.

Announcement of the new King, King Edward VIII (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, until his abdication. Dated 20th Century

OSWALD ERNALD MOSLEY British politician, founded British Union of Facists, known as the Blackshirts (1932), saluting. Date: 1896 - 1980

Goering and Prince August Wilhelm. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Adolf Hitler (* 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn) ( 30 April 1945 Berlin), Leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor from 1933, also self-appointed "Fuehrer" and head of state of Germany

Anefo photo collection. Chio in Rotterdam, last day, Prince Bernhard. September 6, 1964. Rotterdam, South Holland

Adolf Hitler (* 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn) ( 30 April 1945 Berlin), Leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor from 1933, also self-appointed "Fuehrer" and head of state of Germany

Tsar Nicholas II (1868 - 1918) and his son Tserarevich Alexei (1904 - 1918) of Russia. circa 1914

Adolf Hitler (* 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn) ( 30 April 1945 Berlin), Leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor from 1933, also self-appointed "Fuehrer" and head of state of Germany

Adolf Hitler 1889-1945. German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party, at a Rally in the early years 1923

His Excellency G. O. Rohr Probably Trento, probably Trentino.

10/31/1936. Joseph Stalin.

JAMES MASON and CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER in MURDER BY DECREE (1979), directed by BOB CLARK.

Adolf Hitler (* 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn) ( 30 April 1945 Berlin), Leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor from 1933, also self-appointed "Fuehrer" and head of state of Germany

Adolf Hitler speaks on radio, in Berlin circa 1934

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

The Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, receives the insignia of a knight of grace of the order of Gt. John of Jerusalem at a special Investiture at the Mansion, House, London.The Earl of Claredon, who is the Sub-Prior of the Order, bestows the Order on Mr. Attlee. October 11, 1946. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited.).

Leon Trotsky (1879 1940); Marxist revolutionary, theorist, and Soviet politician. Initially supporting the Menshevik Internationalists faction within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, he joined the Bolsheviks ("majority") just before the 1917 October Revolution, immediately becoming a leader within the Communist Party. He would go on to become one of the seven members of the first Politburo, founded in 1917 to manage the Bolshevik Revolution

Adolf Hitler in his office circa 1933

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

12/31/1939. Stalin in his office.

Photograph of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (1892-1975). Dated 20th Century

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