Mid-20th Century Portraits

Professional portraits of distinguished men from the early to mid-20th century, showcasing formal attire and characterized by a classic black-and-white photographic style.

Peter Grosscup.

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949) - COMPOSITOR Y DIRECTOR DE ORQUESTA ALEMAN. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Stins Carl Martin Ekborn.

Uddenberg 1st Machine Engineer Hagalund 19/8 1919-30/11 1928

He May Succeed Deakin -- Mr. Arthur Ernest (Jacl) Tiffin 59, acting general secretary of the Transport and General workers union until the appointment of a successor to the late Mr. Arthur Deakin, pictured at his office in Transport House, Westminster, London, to-day (Wednesday).Jock Tiffin, who recently made a 'Don't Strike' appeal to dockers in the TGWU, is one of six candidates for the post of General Secretary of the Union, of which he has been Assistant General Secretary since 1946. May 18, 1955. (Photo by Reuterphotos).

Peter Grosscup.

Teacher of The Duke of Edinburgh: Dr. Kurt Hahn - Founder of Gordonstoun School -- When Dr. Hahn came to Scotland from his native Germany in 1933, after being imprisoned by the Nazis, he reopen his progressive school at Gordonstoun, near Elgin, in Morayshire: originally, it was housed at Salem, Lake Constance, near the Swiss Border. When the school-reopened, one of the first of his former pupils to be sent here was Prince Philip of Greece, ***** H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, ***** to H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. August 31, 1955. (Photo by Cyril Bernard, Camera Press).

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

12/31/1939. The American writer Sinclair Lewis, Nobel Prize winner in literature.

Magnus Arell, Stins in Sundsvall 1933-1937.

Portrait of G.F.H. Giesberger (Bergen op Zoom, 29 June 1885 - 1958), general director of N.S. in Utrecht from 1946 to 1950.

Senator CaronItalian PoliticiansSenator Giuseppe CaronMember of the Christian Democrat Party. June 14, 1955. (Photo by Camera Press)

Grock Wrote His Memoirs - The famous clown Grock has just completed his memoirs, which are in a suddeutschen demnachst Verlag. He bekomn Dafur the trifle of 100,000 marks, a fee that significantly increase through the ***** yet. February 05, 1930.

SERGEI RACHMANINOV Russian musician Date: 1873 - 1943

Commercial Axel Enström in the Swedish inventors association October 2, 1942.

Photograph by Litnitzki in 1928 - Approximate date.

The Duke D'Aosta, nephew of the Former King of Italy, is photographed during a press conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as he stopped in that city while en route to Chile. The Duke, named as King of Croatia during the war, never took office. He has been living in Brazil; since the end of the war. May 18, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Andrew Brown. Photograph, 1926.

Photograph portrait of Sergei Vasilevich Rachmaninov, the Russian composer and pianist, probably made in the 1930's. Date: 1943

Britain's War-Peace Industrial change-Over PlannerPhoto Shows:- Sir C. Bruce-Gardner, aged 55, who as chief executive for board of Trade, who will control the Smooth change-over form war to peace of British Industrial production. A Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Sir C. Bruce-Gardner was a member of the council of the Ministry of Aircraft production, and Chairman of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors. October 23, 1944.

Michael Of Lachasse. January 21, 1946. (Photo by Reuterphoto)

March 1918. Don Antonio Turón, new dean of the notary school of Madrid - Approximate date.

T Fevell, 1939, Wellington, by Cuba Photographic Studio.

Mr. C.J. Cerutty - Auditor General for the Commonwealth. January 01, 1934. (Photo by Artgraf Studios).

Photograph portrait of President Thomas Woodrow Wilson. The 28th President of the United States, in office from 1913 to 1921, Lived between 1856 and 1924. Considered to have been able to push a legislative agenda that few Presidents have equaled.

Alfred Newton Richards. Photograph by Blackstone Studios, Inc., 1954 ().

C.H. Johnson

Stan Chatterton, Chairman of Lattendales Club. August 15, 1940.

SERGEI RACHMANINOV Russian composer. Date: 1873 - 1943

Raold Engelbrecht Gravning Amundsen (1872-1928) Norwegian explorer. First to navigate the Northwest Passage (1918). Reached South Pole in December 1911, one month before Scott.

ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

Portrait of Goebbels, Dr. Josef. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Dr. Mohammed Mossadeq - Prime Minister of Persia. February 06, 1952. (Photo by Fahian, Camera Press).

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. The governor of New Guinea, Dr. J. van Baal. March 1955. New Guinea

Will Hays

12/31/1932. Nobel Prize winner for literature Iván Bounine.

The Marquess of Londonderry, chancellor of the Queen's University, Belfast, since 1923, Lord Lieutenant of Co. Durham Since 1928. A prominent leader of the conservative party, Londonderry House, Park Lane, being noted for its political receptions. February 6, 1933. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

Prof. Walter Gropius. March 02, 1954.

Sir Roderick Jones, K.B.E. Chairman of Reuters. . July 16, 1930. (Photo by Swaine Studio).

Sir Henry Gurney Appointed High Commissioner Of Malaya -- Sir Henry Gurney newly appointed High Commissioner Of the Federation of Malaya. ***** Royal Empire Society Northolt ***** Avenue, London today's September 2.It was officially announced today September 2, that Sir Henry Gurney has been appointed High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya.Sir Alex Newboult has to continue as acting High Commissioner. Sir Henry, it is reported will not ***** Malaya "for some weeks". September 2, 1948. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)

Dr. Moussadek - Prime Minister of Persia.The sly old fox. December 03, 1953. (Photo by Camera Press).

JOSE ISBERT.

Anefo photo collection. Dr. N.A.C. Slotemaker de Bruïne, director Netherlands Information Office York. 1940-1945}

Baron Makino

Anefo photo collection. Dr. E. van Konijnenburg Onderrieur KLM. November 15, 1962

Mr. Norman Robinson. August 03, 1949.

Mr. D.R. Grenfell, M.P. for Gower, Glam. One of the delegation of three British parliamentarians who will present the mace on behalf of the House of Commons to the Commonwealth Parliament. December 3, 1951.

JUAN ANTONIO DE ZUNZUNEGUI Y LOREDO (1901-1982) NOVELISTA ESPAÑOL. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Sir Hugh Poate. June 6, 1952. (Photo by John Aloysius Mulligan/Fairfax Media).

BORN, Max (Breslau,18882-Gotinga,1970). Físico alemán. En 1933, emigró a Gran Bretaña, a causa del acceso al poder del régimen nazi, ejerciendo de profesor de matemáticas aplicadas en la Universidad de Cambridge. En 1954 recibió el Premio Nobel de Física por sus trabajos en mecánica cuántica. Reproducción de fotografía.

Samuel James Cameron. Photograph by T. & R. Annan & Sons Ltd, 1934.

Lord Cawrose. February 06, 1947. (Photo by Walter Stoneman of J. Russell & Sons)

General Don Emilio Mola y Vidal, 1st Duke of Mola, (1887 June 3, 1937) Spanish Nationalist commander during the Spanish Civil War. He was a veteran of the African wars where he rose to prominence serving with the Regulares Indígenas. He led the military uprising that culminated in the Spanish Civil War.

David Garnett, British Author and Publisher. November 13, 1953. (Photo by Mark Gerson, Camera Press).

Arrival of H.W. the Rt. Hon. Earl of Perth, British Ambassador to Italy, in London, from Rome, for the purpose of receiving his Instructions from the cabinet regarding the opening of Anglo-Italian talks. February 25, 1938. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

Man In The News -- Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden. June 17, 1945. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

Conqueror Of Malaria Who Died In Penury : Sir Ronald Ross.Sir Ronald Ross, who had died at the age of 75, became famous in connection with the discovery of malaria is transmitted through the agency of mosquitoes. September 17, 1932. (Photo by Wide World Photos).

T.W. Lamont

Julian Ashton. April 29, 1942.

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

G. Bellanca. July 25, 1935.

12/31/1939. The musician Joaquín Turina.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Telegraaf: Portrait of Robert Stolz Al. October 12, 1961

F. Coppicus

Photograph of Manuel Marraco Ramon. Manuel Marraco Ramon (1870-1956) a Spanish businessman and politician

Portrait of General James Barry Munnik Hertzog, South African politician

Gilbert Grosvenor - Editor Of National Geographic Magazine. May 15, 1954.

Mr. L. D. R. Pyke Principle of Newington College.The headmaster of Newington College, Stanmore, Mr. L. R. D.Pyke, has resigned and will leave at the end of the year. August 12, 1955. (Photo by Vivian Jenkins).

MANUEL LUGRIS FREIRE (1863-1940) ESCRITOR Y ACTIVISTA GALLEGO. LUGRIS FREIRE MANUEL 1863/1940-MANUEL LUGRIS.

Senator Theodore Green - U.S.A. - Personality. September 13, 1950.

Frank M. Williams

Off To Geneva: Sir John Cockcroft, the Atomic Scientist, photographed as he left London Airport this morning for Geneva. March 8, 1955.

Photographic portrait of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain MP, the Radical English politician. Date: 1800

Photographic portrait of Robert Falcon Scott, the English explorer, pictured in 1901. A Captain in the Royal Navy, Scott led a number of expeditions to the Antarctic, dying in a 1912 attempt to reach the South Pole. Date: 1901

JULIAN BESTEIRO FERNANDEZ, CATEDRATICO Y POLITICO ESPAÑOL.

R-VICENTE ALEIXANDRE - POETA SEVILLANO. VICENTE ALEIXANDRE (1896-1984).

Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi, known as the father of long distance radio transmission.

Joseph Maurice Ravel (Ciboure, 1875-París, 1937). Músico y compositor francés.

Roy A. Haynes was US Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of Prohibition enforcement from 19201925. During his tenure, the newly emerged KKK adopted vigilante Prohibition enforcement aimed against non-Protestant and non-white ethnic groups (BSLOC_2018_2_118)

Anefo / London photo collection. Portraits / Persons / Anefo London series. Jhr. J.D. Van Karnebeek (Foreign Affairs). March 1942. Britain, Britain, London

Serbian politician Nikola Uzunovic (1873-1954)

Photograph of Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Dated 20th Century

Portrait of Mr Willie (not William) Chatterton, circa 1928, by William Oakley. F B Butler/Crown Studios Collection. Gift of Frederick B Butler, 1971.

The Duke of York: A Favourite Studio portrait of, H.R.H. The Duke of York eldest brother and heir-presumptive of King Edward VIII.Assuming that an abdication takes place. The succession to the Crown will automatically pass to the Duke of York. January 04, 1937.

George Warwick Deeping (1877-1950), English novelist and short story writer, early 20th century. Artist: Unknown

Greek Politicians: John TheotockyPresident of the Assembly and Speaker of Greek Chamber of Deputies. January 22, 1951. (Photo by Camera Press).

Commonwealth Relations Earl Home's Visit -- In his, tour of Australia September and October, the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations in the United Kingdom Government (Lord Home) will visit all States, commencing with New South Wales, although he will first visit Canberra. He will be the guest of the Australian Government. He will reach Sydney via New Zealand on September 16. The Earl of Home was well known ***** house of Commons for many years as Lord ***** family is named Douglas-Home, and is a ***** the Douglas Clan). September 19, 1955.

Photographic portrait of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, the English writer, pictured in the early 1940's. Sir Arthur was a Professor of English Literature at Cambridge University and the creator of a series of humorous novels set in a Cornish background, written under the pseudonym 'Q'. Date: 1944

Gregorio Martínez Sierra, escritor español. Contribuyó a la fundación de las revistas más importantes del modernismo español. Asesor en cultura española en los estudios de la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, en Hollywood.

Elmer Rice, 1892 to 1967. American playwright. From the book Back to Montparnasse by Sisley Huddleston, published 1931

Photograph of Dr Emil Hácha (1872-1945) a Czech lawyer and the third President of Czechoslovakia. In 1939 Hácha was compelled to surrender by Adolf Hitler. Dated 1939

"Social Erros" - A Paramount all-talking picture, Leon Errol-Richard Arlen-Mary Brian. February 19, 1932. (Photo by Famous Lasky Film Services Limited).

Francisco García Molinas in an image from around 1915.

Station champion Erik A. Åström.

Portrait of Roald Amundsen (1872-1928), Norwegian explorer, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LV, No 52, December 30, 1928.

Sir Owen Dixon. September 13, 1952.

ROBERT MILLIKAN 1868/1953 FISICO NORTEAMERICANO.

Stins Emanuel Ericsson.

Sir Daniel Levy. June 01, 1936.

Portrait of the President of Peru, José Pardo y Barreda (1864-1947) Peruvian politician. Dated 1919

Portraits - Portraits "R". Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

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