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Historical Portraits of Notable Figures

A collection of vintage portraits showcasing men in formal attire, exuding sophistication and historical significance, captured in a monochrome style.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929), Austrian poet, writer, dramatist. Date: circa 1900s
Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929), Austrian poet, writer, dramatist. Date: circa 1900s
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Secretary Redfield ca. between 1909 and 1919.
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Portrait of Belgian Flyer René Cozic.
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10/31/1922. The illustrious publicist Mr. Félix Llanos y Torriglia, who has been elected academic of History.
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01/31/1908. The wedding of a millionaire. Count Szechenyi with Gladys Banderbilt.
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Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, 1847-1934, was a Generalfeldmarschall, Field Marshal and statesman, 1880, historical woodcut, Germany, Europe
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F.W. Upham
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Ludwig Thuille
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Photograph of Frank Whittle (1907-1996) an English Royal Air Force engineer air officer. Dated 20th Century
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F. Nietzsche
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Gonzalo de Quesada, (1868-1915), 1920s. Artist: Unknown
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Karl Liebknecht (13 August 1871 - 15 January 1919) was a German socialist and a co-founder with Rosa Luxemburg of the Spartacist League and the Communist Party of Germany. He is best known for his opposition to World War I in the Reichstag and his role in the Spartacist uprising of 1919. The uprising was crushed by the social democrat government and the Freikorps (paramilitary units formed of World War I veterans). Liebknecht and Luxemburg were killed. After their deaths, Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg became martyrs for German left wing politics.
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (1870 - 1924), better known by his alias Lenin; Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924.
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, known by the alias Lenin (1870 - 1924), Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Under his administration, Russia and then the wider Soviet Union became a one-party communist state governed by the Russian Communist Party. Ideologically a Marxist, he developed political theories known as Leninism.
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Take Jonnesco i.e. Ionnescu
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Elsevier photo collection. Mr. Kruisinga, mayor Zuidhorn. 1917. Groningen, Zuidhorn
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Joseph stalin
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Vladimir Lenin in Gorki. 1922 year. Photographer - Ulyanova M. I.
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King George V (1865 - 1936), in a photographic portrait taken at Cowes during his honeymoon in 1893 while still Duke of York. Date: 1893
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Vladimir Lenin in Gorki. August - September 1922 by Anonymous /State Museum of History, Moscow/1922/Photograph/Russia/History
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Dr Crippen. February 7, 1955.
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Photographic portrait of Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) a Marxist revolutionary, theorist, and Soviet politician. Dated 20th Century
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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) by Anonymous /Private Collection/Photograph/Music, Dance,Opera, Ballet, Theatre,Portrait
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Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, 1847-1934, was a general field marshal, field marshal and statesman who commanded the German military in the second half of World War I, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century master copy
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Jules Lemaitre, French critic and dramatist, late 19th century.Artist: Dornac
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Johann Strauss the Younger, 19th century Austrian composer. Artist: Unknown
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 1869-1948. preeminent leader of Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.
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Chairman of the Central Executive Committee Yakov Sverdlov in his Work Cabinet by Otsup, Pyotr Adolfovich (1883-1963)/Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk/1919/Photograph/Russia/Portrait
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Lenin, vladimir ilyich ulyanov
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BOB FOSSE. 1974.
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HERRIOT, EDOUARD. POLITICO Y ESCRITOR FRANCES. 1872-1957 . REPRODUCCION FOTO.
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Myron Timothy Herrick (October 9; 1854 - March 31; 1929) was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 42nd Governor of Ohio
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Emiliano Zapata (1880-1919) became a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo.
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Hipolito Yrigoyen (1852-1933). President of Argentine. Watercolor.
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Sergei Dmitriyevich Sazonov GCB (1860 1927), Russian statesman who served as Foreign Minister from November 1910 to July 1916.
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Ludwig Thuille.
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12/04/1906. Casa-Riera trial, at the Barcelona hearing, for falsification of Documents in the succession of the Title of "Casa - Riera" -in image one of the Accused: José Cubas, Copyist- photo N. Fontcuberta.
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Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (1885 - 1919), Bolshevik Party administrator and chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee from 1917 to 1919. He is sometimes regarded as the first head of state of the Soviet Union.
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12/31/1949. Groucho Marx.
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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.
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Mohondas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), known as Mahatma (Great Soul), as a young man. Indian Nationalist leader and organiser of the non-cooperative movement against British rule in India.
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President Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt was an American author, naturalist, explorer, historian, and politician who served as the 26th President of the United States
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Mohondas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), as a young man. Artist: Unknown
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Finland: Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), composer and violinist, in Vienna during the 1880s
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Alexei Ivanovich Rykov (1881 15 March 1938) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician most prominent as Premier of Russia and the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1929 and 1924 to 1930
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12/31/1919. Portrait of José Conde Cruz.
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Josef Stalin. May, 1923 by Anonymous /Private Collection/1923/Photograph/Russia/Portrait
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Isaac Manuel Francisco Albeniz 1860 1909, Spanish composer., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated
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Vladimir Lenin on the Vsevobuch Parade on May 25, 1919, Anonymous
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Vladimir Lenin on the Vsevobuch Parade on May 25, 1919 by Anonymous /State Museum of History, Moscow/1919/Photograph/Russia/History
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Ignacy Jan Paderewski,(1860 29 June 1941); Polish pianist and composer, politician and spokesman for Polish independence.
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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.
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FRANCESC TARREGA EIXEA (1852-1909). Guitarrista y compositor español. S. XIX-XX (S. XIX-S. XX). Fotografía.
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Theodore Roosevelt, three-quarter length portrait, standing up in car, waving hat ca. between 1909 and 1932.
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Leon Trotsky (1879 - 1940), Ukrainian revolutionary, political theorist and politician. Ideologically a communist, he developed a variant of Marxism known as Trotskyism
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Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 1874-1929, Austrian novelist and poet, digital edited according to the title of Jedermann. Das Spiel vom Sterben des reichen Mannes, Everyman. The play of the rich man's death, Salzburg Festival 1920, with a photograph by Wilhelm Willinger