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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.

Patrick Grant - Australian Horticulturist. October 24, 1945.

Engagement to the Princess Ileana -- Portrait of Prince Anton von Habsburg who is engaged to Princess Ileana of Rumania. June 19, 1931.

Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor August Ernst, crown prince of Germany. 1882 ñ 1951. last Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Empire

SANTOS DUMONT , ALBERTO. AERONAUTA BRASILEÑO. 1873 - 1932 REPRODUCCION FOTO.

Parliamentary and editor -in -chief Frans Severin.

Alexis Thomson. Photograph by A. Swan Watson.

ERICH VON STROHEIM. 1931.

South African Politicians: Dr. The Hon. T.E. Donges -- Minister of the Interior and of Mines in Prime Minister Dr. Malan's Cabinet.Theophilus Ebenezer Donges, the Minister of Finance, a veteran who was the main competitor to Dr. Verwoerd for the Prime Ministership years ago. July 1, 1953. (Photo by Camera Press).

Wilbur Wright, in 1909, at age 42. He became President when the Wright Company was established in 1909 to manufacture airplanes. He traveled extensively to wage Wright patent infringement suits against competitors for using Wright methods of aerodynamic control (BSLOC_2018_2_154)

Acting Bureau Manager Ernst Jonson.

IGOR STRAVINSKY Russian composer Date: 1882 - 1971

Prince LOUIS VICTOR DE BROGLIE French scientist, photographed in 1933. Date: 1892 - 1987

Adrià Gual i Queralt (1872-1943), dramaturgo y empresario teatral español. Años 20.

VELASCO IBARRA, José María (Quito, 1893-1979). Político ecuatoriano, dirigente del partido conservador. Elegido presidente de la República en 1934 y depuesto en 1935 tras declararse dictador. Presidente tras un golpe militar en 1944. Elegido presidente en 1960 y 1968. Reproducción fotografia.

Portrait of the composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Anonymous

Octavian Goga is the new Romanian governmentKing Carol accepted the resignation of the Cabinet Tatarescu and instructed the party leader of the Christian National Party, Oktavio Goga to form a government. This development is the generally expected result of the output of the Romanian elections, which are known to a ******. January 12, 1938.

Western Power's Defence Chiefs - Gen. ***** Jean De Lattre De Tassigny, C-in-C Land Forses, Western Union.In Field-Marshal montgomery's union defence team , General Jean De Lattre De Tassigny of France has been appointed Commander-in-Chief Land forces. General de Tassingny was sentenced to ten years jail by the Vichy Government for trying to make an independent stand against the Germans in the Pyrenees in November 1942 in September 1943 he escaped to London and became commander of the first French Army. October 5, 1948.

Anefo photo collection. PvdA main board. JRH. M. van der Goes van Naters, party chairman of the PvdA. February 19, 1946

R. Amundsen

Charles Langbridge Morgan (1894-1958), British novelist playwright and critic. In 1926 he was appointed principal dramatic critic of 'The Times' of London. From a series of cards of 'Famous British Authors' (London, 1937).

Mr. Norman Robinson, VATC Chairman, who became involved in an inquiry. August 03, 1949.

Sir Philip Henry Manson-Bahr. Photograph by Reprograph Studio, 1930.

Lord Ashfield - Head of London Passenger Transport. December 30, 1935. (Photo by Daily Mirror).;Lord Ashfield - Head of London Passenger Transport.

Irvin S. Cobbs.

Alexander Knox, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Paula", Columbia Pictures, 1952

Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, 1st Baronet, 1848 - 1931. Scotish self-made man, merchant, and yachtsman. From The Pageant of the Century, published 1934.

TURINA , JOAQUIN. COMPOSITOR ESPAÑOL .SEVILLA 1882 - 1949. REPRODUCCION FOTO.

Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd Leaves For Berlin To Study Air Raid Precautions Organisation -- Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the Home Office, left London today for Berlin to study certain points in the German Air Raids Precautions organisation. February 01, 1938. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.).

PERSONAJE DEL EXILIO. Location: FUNDACION PABLO IGLESIAS. MADRID. SPAIN.

Sergey Petrovich Obnorsky (1888-1962) by Anonymous /Russian Academy of Sciences/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

MAX REINHARDT.

Woodrow Wilson (President 1913-1921) by F. Graham Cootes, 1879-1960

Otto Emil Franz Grotewohl (1894 - 1964) German politician who served as the first prime minister of the German Democratic Republic (GDR/East Germany) from its foundation in October 1949 until his death in September 1964

T.L. Masson ca. 1914 .

Sir A. Fletcher. February 22, 1938.

NATTA, GIULIO. ITALIAN CHEMIST (1903-1979) NOBEL PRIZE FOR CHEMISTRY IN 1963. PHOTO REPRODUCTION. GULIO NATTA.

Washington, D.C.: January 16, 1942 Korean leader Dr. Syngman Rhee who wasa proclaimed President of a Korean Provisional Government a decade ago now heads a mission in Washington to create a Korean government in exile.

Madrid, 1942 (Ca.). Portrait of Julio Casares.

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

T.V. Inquiry -- Mr. J.W. Gallery, Gen. Man. of Truth & Sportsman, today's witness at the T.V. inquiry. February 17, 1955. (Photo by George Lipman/Fairfax Media).

12/31/1919. Labor Minister Heinrich Brauns.

Captain Gustaf T. Lysander.

Portrait of Herman Sundin Portrait photography of Herman Sundin, Head of F 2 Hänernäs 1936-1944

Anefo photo collection. Prof. J. Hattinga Verschure. April 16, 1971

Personalities from politics, business and culture from the years 1965-71. Lorenz Knorr (SPD later DFU) d. 2018, DEU, Germany, Europe

Sir John Boyd. Photograph.

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

Lawyer, politician and journalist George Washington Kirchwey circa 1916.

Rear Admiral J.W.M. Eaton, D.S.O., D.S.O., who will succeed Rear-Admiral J.A.S. Eccles as Flag Officer Commanding the Australian Fleet, will arrive in Australia at the end of September in the "Himalaya". September 25, 1951.

Photograph of Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938) Prince of Montenevoso and Duke of Gallese. Dated 20th Century

Academician Alexander Baikov (1870-1946), Anonymous

Lloyd Viel Berkner (1905 - 1967), American physicist and engineer. He was one of the inventors of the measuring device that since has become standard at ionospheric stations. He was a named member of the In UFO conspiracy theories, Majestic 12 (or MJ-12); code name of an alleged secret committee of scientists, military leaders, and government officials, formed in 1947 by an executive order by U.S. President Harry S. Truman to facilitate recovery and investigation of alien spacecraft

Photographic portrait of Noel Coward (1899-1973), the English playwright, actor and composer, pictured during filming of 'The Scoundrel' in 1935. Date: c.1935

C.H. Chapman. April 23, 1952. (Photo by The Telegraph Feature Service).

Isidor Isaac Rabi (born Israel Isaac Rabi, July 29, 1898 - January 11, 1988) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which is used in magnetic resonance imaging. He was also one of the first scientists in the United States to work on the cavity magnetron, which is used in microwave radar and microwave ovens

Elsevier photo collection. Dr. J.H.A. (Johann) Logemann, minister overseas territories. June 24, 1945

E.C. Brown

Alexey Alexeevich Borisyak (1872-1944) by Anonymous /Russian Academy of Sciences/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

ALFRED BEIT German-born financier in South Africa, a friend of Rhodes : he bestowed much of his vast fortune in philanthropic gifts. Date: 1853 - 1906

British Personalities: The Earl of Lucan -- George Charles Patrick Bingham, 6th Earl, was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations from June to October 1951. Before that he was Captain of H.M. Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard. October 11, 1955. (Photo by Cyril Bernard, Camera Press).

Senator Tom Connally. August 31, 1951.

JOSE CALVO SOTELO, MINISTRO DE PRIMO DE RIVERA, 1931.

AMERICO CASTRO QUESADA, FILOLOGO E HISTORIADOR CULTURAL ESPAÑOL. Location: FUNDACION PABLO IGLESIAS. MADRID. SPAIN.

Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter, (1891-1964)

George Gee - Arrivals on Strathnaver. June 21, 1937.

Si Bekkai Tries to Form Moroccan Government - Si Bekkai.The Sultan Of Morocco, at the end of a week's consultations, has asked Si Bekkai, one of the members of the council of the Throne, to from the first representative Moroccan Government. He has reported to the Sultan on his progress.As a Moderate Nationalist who resigned as pasha of Sefrou in protest Against the removal of Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef in 1953 Si Bekkai has the support of the Istiqlal, the democratic Independance party and the U.M.T. The Powerful Moroccan Trade Union. November 29, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.)

Sir Ronald Ross (1857 - 1932), British physician and Nobel Prize winner in 1902, who discovered the scientific link between mosquitoes and human malaria. In 1899 he became Professor of Tropical Medicine at the University of Liverpool. He travelled the world advising on malarial control. Date: c. 1920

Portrait of A.M. Leonidov by Corin P.D. 1939. Leonid Leonidov, pseudonym of L.M. Volfenzon, (1873--1941), Russian actor, director, and teacher

Benedetto Croce (1866-1952), Italian humanist philosopher who was politically influential as an anti-fascist and moral voice during Italy's post war reconstruction. 1943 portrait.

Judge Webster Thayer, sentenced Sacco and Vanzetti to be electrocuted in 1927. He allowed the trial to be tainted by the 1920s Red Scare and anti-immigrant bias.

Lord Austin, motor magnate. April 09, 1940.

Samuel Gompers (1850-1924), founder of the American Federation of Labor and great statesman of the American labor movement, whose centenary is being observed in the United States this year. A commemorative postage stamp has been issued in his honor and labor groups throughout the country are paying him tribute. July 12, 1950.

BUSTER KEATON.

12/31/1929. Portrait of Julián Besteiro.

Leopold Stokowski - Deceased 13/9/1977 Conductor - Personality. October 12, 1937.

03/31/1979. Antonio Díaz Cañabate.

City Council Director Arne Sjöberg.

CHARLES LANE.

Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (1880-1968), Anonymous

Jose Antonio PRIMO de Rivera, 1903-36, Spanish, founded Falange Espagnola nationalist movement, 1933

Lt. E. De Berri of the Signal Corps took a portrait of President Woodrow Wilson on June 3, 1918. The photo was taken in the East Room of the White House. It was initially released on June 14, 1918, but was later recalled by request of the President on July 3, 1918.

Sir William Orpen, Irish painter, c1920. Artist: Elliott & Fry

The Mossadeq administration introduced a wide range of social reforms but was most notable for its nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, which had been under British control since 1913 through the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Mosaddegh was removed from power in a coup on 19 August 1953, organised and carried out by the United States CIA at the request of British MI6 which chose Iranian General Fazlollah Zahedi to succeed Mosaddegh. While the coup is commonly referred to as Operation Ajax after its CIA cryptonym, in Iran it is referred to as the 28 Mordad 1332 coup, after its date on the Iranian calendar. Mosaddegh was imprisoned for three years, then put under house arrest until his death at Ahmadabad, India, in 1967.

Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937) English actor, considered the finest Hamlet of his day

Walther Heinrich Alfred Hermann von Brauchitsch (4 October 1881 - 18 October 1948) was a German field marshal and the Commander-in-Chief (Oberbefehlshaber) of the German Army during World War II. After the 1933 Nazi seizure of power, Brauchitsch was put in charge of the East Prussian Military District. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the German Army from February 1938 to December 1941. He played a key role in the Battle of France and oversaw the German invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece. After the war, Brauchitsch was arrested on charges of war crimes, but he died of pneumonia in 1948 before he could be prosecuted.

Walther Heinrich Alfred Hermann von Brauchitsch (4 October 1881 - 18 October 1948) was a German field marshal and the Commander-in-Chief (Oberbefehlshaber) of the German Army during World War II. After the 1933 Nazi seizure of power, Brauchitsch was put in charge of the East Prussian Military District. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the German Army from February 1938 to December 1941. He played a key role in the Battle of France and oversaw the German invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece. After the war, Brauchitsch was arrested on charges of war crimes, but he died of pneumonia in 1948 before he could be prosecuted.

Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch - British Gov. (Personality). November 18, 1935. (Photo by Sports And General Press Agency Limited)

John Buchan, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills.

ANDRE MALRAUX (1901-1976) - NOVELISTA AVENTURERO Y POLITICO FRANCES.

Sir Frederick Grant Banting (born 14 November 1891 in Alliston - died 21 February 1941 near Musgrave Harbour) was a Canadian surgeon and physiologist. Nobel prize for medicine 1923, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Johannes C Andersen black-and-white negatives, nitrate cel

Photographic portrait of H.H. Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford & Asquith; this English statesman served as QC, Liberal MP for East Fife and Paisley and became Prime Minister in 1908. Date: 1908

03/31/1913. Francisco Palanca. Notable actor from Lara, who has celebrated his Benefit. Photo Alonso.

Photograph of Aaron Copland (1900-1990) an American composer, composition teacher, writer and conductor. Dated 20th century

TRIGO , FELIPE. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. VILLANUEVA DE LA SERENA. 1865 - 1916 REPRODUCCION FOTO.

Lord Mayor Ald. R. C. Hagon. January 1, 1933.

Author and satirist Mikhail Mikhailovich Zoshchenko (1895-1958), Anonymous

Meyer Lansky

Ilya Ehrenburg, Soviet Writer. March 30, 1955. (Photo by Eric Lessing, Camera Press).

OCHOA, Severo (1905-1993). Spanish-American biochemist. For his work on polynucleotide biosynthesis was granted in 1959 with the Nobel Prize in phisiology or medicine, shared with Arthur Kornberg.

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