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Historical Portraits of Women

Vintage portraits of women in elegant historical costumes, depicting fashion and grace from different eras, capturing a sense of nostalgia.

Mrs. A.G. Vanderbilt (Mrs. Margaret Emerson McKim)
Mrs. A.G. Vanderbilt (Mrs. Margaret Emerson McKim)
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Mrs. Marshall FieldEster Lindberg, Östansjö. Ester Lindberg, Östansjö.Marie Studholme (1875-1930), English actress, 1900s.Artist: Ellis & WaleryAnefo photo collection. Her majesty in ICC. The French ambassador Pierre Dupuy. December 25, 1949. Amsterdam12/31/1917. The Marquise de la Mina (Pilar Osorio and Gutiérrez de los Ríos de la Cueva and Solís).Queen Victoria of Spain and Princess Maria ChristinaQueen RoumaniaGeraldine FarrarDe LimaActress Emmy Destinn, Emilie Venceslava Pavlina Kittlova, as Salome with head by Richard Strauss, 1907, Berlin, Germany, EuropeA Promising Australian Pianist -- A new Photograph of Miss Eunice Gardiner.Miss Eunice Gardiner, an Australian pianist, who has been training, of late, in London, last week made a most favorable impression, that proves her a sensitive musician. Lightly touching the piano she draws from it quite sufficient variety of tone to make effective the climaxes in a Bach-list transcription. Miss Gardiner is described as being a promising pianist. June 16, 1937.H.R.H.Princess Alexandra Of GreeceIt is likely she will attend the Royal Wedding.The thirteen year old daughter of his late Majesty King Alexander of Greece and of Princess Aspasia of Greece, his widow, is a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria. This beautiful portrait is at present on exhibition at the Princes Galleries Portrait Exhibition. London where it is much admired. November 12, 1934. (Photo by Hay Wrightson)Photographic portrait of Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959), the American actress, pictured at the beginning of the 20th century. Date: 1900Mme. Camille DugastMrs W. B. Leeds, described by the Tatler as 'one of the best-known and most beautiful members of New York Society,' pictured on the magazine's front cover at the time she had taken Kenwood House in Hampstead. It also adds that, 'Mrs Leeds is keenly interested in war work, and subscribed a million pounds sterling to the last war loan.' Mrs W.B. Leeds, born Nonnie May Stewart. Nancy came from a wealthy family and had previously married well twice before. Her marriage to Prince Christopher of GrePortrait of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853-1920), Russian Photographer Wife of president William McKinley in the conservatory of the White House at Washington.Maxine ElliottMrs. Lyall Ramsay - Personalities. December 18, 1950.Constance McCallHelen HayesRoshana, aka Olive Craddock (1894-1926), dancer. The daughter of an English mother and Anglo-Indian father of Irish extraction, Craddock learned to dance as a child in India. She came to Europe in about 1909 and adopted the stage name Roshanara after a legendary Indian princess. She danced with Loie Fuller's company and in 1911 appeared in London in Oscar Asche's Kismet and took the role of Zobeide in Scheherazade with the Ballets Russes at Covent Garden. She joined Anna Pavlova's company in 19RVD / Royal House photo collection. Inauguration 1898: Queen Wilhelmina sitting in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, Tuesday 06-09-1898. September 6, 1898. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandVaslav Nijinsky, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. Artist: UnknownElizabeth Humphrey 1899 Martha Susan Baker. Elizabeth Humphrey 10088Evelyn Wainwright TurpinThe Queen Of Siam -- A fine new portrait, which has just reached London, of the Queen of Siam, who celebrated her birthday on December 20th. Her Majesty was born in 1904. April 24, 1930. (Photo by Central News).Betty "Rettig born Jäderholm in Gävle 1783 Died: 1844. Married to P C Rettig in his first marriage from 1810 until his death. Daughter of the merchant and shipowner in Gävle Anders Jäderholm. Mother of, among others, Robert Rettig (see picture B 295) , Pehr Cerlius Rettig and Carl Anton Rettig. She gave birth to a total of 6 boys. Photographed oil portrait by artist Lehman. "Betty" Rettig född Jäderholm i Gävle 1783 död: 1844. Gift med P C Rettig i dennes första äktenskap från 1810 fram till sin död. Dotter till köpmannen och skeppsredaren i Gävle Anders Jäderholm. Mor till bl.a Robert Rettig (se bild B 295), Pehr Cerlius Rettig och Carl Anton Rettig. Hon födde totalt 6 pojkar.Fotograferat oljeporträtt av konstnären Lehman.07/31/1914. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands with her daughter, Princess Juliana, Heir to the throne.Miss Smylie - "Bo Peep of Devonshire", "Sweet Joan of Minoro"Clara Morris, as Camille, Sarony, N.Y,Ida von ClaussenCAROLINE REMY, DAME GUILHARD known as SEVERINE : French journalist and liberated woman, photographed in 1905. Date: 1855-1929Gaines, Myra ClarkEleonora duse in mirandolina, 1891Young Girl playing Harmonium, Joliet, Illinois, USA, Cabinet Card, early 1900'sHelen Keller & Mrs. MacyPrince Charles, Count of Flanders, Prince of Belgium (1903-1983). Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt (1844 - 1923) French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Nickname The Divine Sarah, Paris, France. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895Lena Pearl Neff Curtiss, Classic PhotographyFlorence La DueAfrican American girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition.Helen Miles RogersGalli-CurciWoman; inscribed 'Miss Wallace' Nitrate negatives, gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraitsMrs. A. Crocker Gourand i.e., GouraudMrs. Key Pittman - digital file from original neg. | Library of CongressM. Björnstjerna. M. Björnstjerna.Kitty Made 1903-1913 United States. Lantern slide . Alfred StieglitzMata Hari, Dutch dancer and secret agentMRS PATRICK CAMPBELL English actress as Eliza Doolittle in the first performance of Shaw's Pygmalion in 1914 Date: 1914MARY PICKFORD.Fernand Ansseau (1890-1972) Belgian operatic tenor, active 1913-1939. Ansseau as Romeo in Gounod's opera 'Romeo et Juliette' based on Shakespeare's tragedy.Miss Rosita Forbes (1893-1967) British traveller, socialite and author (later Mrs A. McGrath) pictured as 'Rubies' at the Jewels of Empire Ball, a charity ball held at the Park Lane Hotel in November 1930. Date: 1930Adelina PattiA portrait of Greta Garbo on her yacht off Catalina Island. Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm and was 'spotted' whilst studying at the Royal Theatre Dramatic School by the Swedish director Mauritz Stiller. Her first Hollywood film was 'The Temptress' 1926. Amongst her other successes are, 'Queen Christie' (1930), 'Anna Karenina' (1935) and 'Ninotchka' (1939). She retired from films in 1941, after receiving poor reviews for 'Two-Faced Woman' spending the rest of her life living as a recluse in NeGrace Coolidge, wife of Vice President-elect Calvin Coolidge in Washington, D.C. March 1, 1921. (BSLOC_2015_16_39)England's new Queen -- At the age of 9 -- This portrait study, made at Glamis Castle, Scotland, in 1909, shows Queen Elizabeth (then lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon) at the age of nine years. She is seen with her little brother David. Both are in fancy dress. December 18, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).Dorothy Parker, NOT the American writer, daughter of the playwright and producer Louis N. Parker, pictured in costume for the part of Asenath in her father's Biblical play, "Joseph and his Brethren" at the Century Theatre in New York. Date: 1913Lincoln, Mrs. AbrahamInez Milholland (1886-1916), beautiful young women's rights advocate, labor lawyer, and socialist during a New York City suffrage parade. Ca. 1913-16. Julia Ormond played Millholland in the 2004 movie IRON JAWED ANGELS.Mrs. Vernon CastleFreund's musical weekly, Vol. 4, no. 8, Special number. text. Periodicals, Portraits. 1893-12-02. Music Division. Music, Musical instruments , Construction , Marketing, Advertising , Professions, Musicians, Calvé, Emma, 1858-1942, Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894, Sliwinski, Jozef, 1865-193001/13/1935. Photo Dedicated to Sister Angela of the eldest daughter of Alfonso Xiii and Queen Victoria, Doña Beatriz.Odette Churchill at First Night Odette Churchill, war-time hero of the French resistance, last night attended the opening performance of "Glorious Days". "Glorious Days" is a coronation review starring Anna Neagle at the Cambridge theatre London. March 1, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper)Susan B. Anthony 1900. Frances Benjamin Johnston07/06/1908. The Floral Games of Burgos. The Queen of the Parties, Miss Rosario Casado (X) and her court of love.Mrs. Oliver HarriamanLillian Gish. September 14, 1942.Alice Paul 1850. American feminist and social reformer, born into a Quaker family in Moorestown, New Jersey. She devoted her whole career to fighting for equal rights for women.Florence Sutton - digital file from original neg. | Library of Congress