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Historical Portraits of Notable Figures

Black and white portraits featuring men in formal clothing, exuding a vintage aesthetic. Each subject presents a classic style indicative of their era.

BUSINESS: John D Rockefeller, antique print 1907

Rolla Wells

Wm. Mackenzie

H. Munsterberg

Tomasso Tittoni

Julius P. Meyer

John B. McDonald

William Hunter Kendal (1843-1917), English actor, 1893.Artist: W&D Downey

Carroll Beckwith, portrait bust

Portrait photograph of William B. de las Casas (1857-1930), Mass., ca. 1892 , park commissions, commissioners government officials, De las Casas, Wm. B. William Beltran, 1857-

Voorhis, Hon. Chas. H. of N.J.

Paul Deschanel

Bacon, Robert Low, 1884-1938, Photo, Bain News Service

Johannes Martinus Messchaert (1857-1922). Singer and voice teacher. Dating: 1903. Measurements: h 82 cm × w 72 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: JAN VETH.

Florencio Constantino

Arthur Maurice Werner

Howard Elliot

Fernand David -- Minister of Agric.

Geo. L. Lilley, cameo portrait.

Man, Wellington, by Cuba Photographic Studio.

J.B. Jackson, portrait bust, Photo by Erich Sellin, Berlin

Rene Gasiner

T.F. Conway

Wm. J. Cary

Paul Brown

Portrait of Mr Connett gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives

Ronald Ross (1857-1932) British physician. Discovered the Malaria parasite and its life cycle. Awarded the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine, 1902.

Edward McLean

Chas. H. Thomas

Portrait of Captain Due.

Leslie Mortimer Shaw (18481932) was an American lawyer, banker, and politician. Born in Vermont, he moved to Iowa and became the state's governor from 1898 to 1902 when, under President Theodore Roosevelt he became the Secretary of the Treasury. This photograph dates to 1905.

J. Hampton Moore

A.P. Bliven, cameo portrait

Gen. Theo. Bingham, seated three-quarters view

Dr. Meyer-Gerhard

J.A. Holmes (Dr.)

Jules Massenet (1842-1912), French Opera Composer, head and shoulders portrait, Unidentified Artist

Dr. Hubert Work, Colorado, cameo portrait

Sergei Alexandrovich Buturlin (1872-1938), Anonymous

Sen. C.L. McNary

12/31/1905. The first lieutenant of Wad-Ras, Jacobo Prendergast, victim of the attack against Alfonso Xiii.

Protagonists - Presidents. Pedro Parages, president of Real Madrid from 1941-43.

F.L. Stetson

Theobald Smith

W.R. Pattangall

Prof. R.H. Crittenden

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928). English novelist and poet. Photograph from "The Cabinet Portrait Gallery", London, 1890-94. Woodburytype

Dr. Leo F.i.e. S. Rowe

Alf. i.e. Arthur Zimmerman

Jose Vicente Concha

Roger Babson

Colonel P. H. Fawcett. April 18, 1950. (Photo by Keystone Photos Inc.).

Edgar M. Cullen 4 22 1910.

Geo. N. Barnes

Charles William Alcock (1842 - 1907), English sportsman and administrator; influential in the development of association football and cricket and creator of the FA Cup. Date: C.1895

W. Wien

Isidor Wasservogel

M.B. Sellers

12/31/1910. Francisco Camba, author of the novel "The Grandchildren of Icarus" which has just achieved extraordinary success.

Dr. Jean Charcot

José María Cornelio Figueroa Alcorta,1860 - 1931. Argentine lawyer and politician. President of Argentina. From Mundo Grafico, published 1912.

M Chautemps (Died 22nd June 1977) - France. April 02, 1930.

L.D. Morel

Supreme Court Justice William R. Day and former Secretary of State ca. early 1900s.

W.L. Glover

G.W. Perkins

A.H. Savage Landor

Count Von Bernstorff

Consul Rove, Norwegian Diplomat and representative in North America, late 19th century

Gustav Straubenmiller i.e. Gustave Straubenmüller

Col. Chester Harding

Josiah Quincy.

Capt. Orchard

JUAN AMBROSIO FLEMING (1849-1945) FISICO INGLES.

F.H. Gillett

10/31/1913. Mr. Edmundo Wright, Commissioner (Ambassador) of the government of the state of Sío Paulo (Brazil), in Spain.

Rob't Donald

Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro (1868 - 1920) was a Brazilian politician who served as tenth President of Brazil 1918 -1919

R.D. Saunders

S. Ralston 6, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Mr Matthew Charlton, former Leader of the Federal Opposition, died in his sleep at his home in Lambton about 5 am today, aged 82. April 16, 1948.

L. Bailly

Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, known as the 'father of nuclear physics'

José Canalejas Méndez, abogado y político regeneracionista y liberal español.

Station manager Axel Bernhard Wallin.

Dubost

Dr. Richard Sandler

Myron T. Herrick, Republican candidate for governor in Ohio, USA

Dr. Austin O'Malley

Duke Argyll

Hugo Kaulen

Byron i.e. Simon Wolf

Jules Pams

Marquis Max Strozzi

Ramon Corrav

12/31/1929. Jose Campo Moreno.Journalist.

Emile J.A. Brumpt. Photograph, 1931.

PRADERA , VICTOR. POLITICO ESPAÑOL. PAMPLONA 1873 - 1936 REPRODUCCDION FOTO.

Sen. P.A. Choquette

James Rudolph Garfield (1865-1950), American Politician and Lawyer, son of U.S. President James A. Garfield, Served as Secretary of the Interior during Theodore Roosevelt's Administration, Seated Portrait, 1907

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