Mid-Century Portraits

Black and white portraits of prominent figures from the mid-20th century, presenting composed individuals in elegant settings, exuding sophistication.

Commodore Stuart F. Doyle, president of 27 annual Pittwater Regatta, which will take place on Saturday. January 09, 1934. (Photo by Sidney Riley).

Cecil Beaton, Portraitist and Stage Designer. November 15, 1950. (Photo by Ronald Haupt, Camera Press).

El político Manuel Fraga Iribarne en la embajada española de Londres, año 1975.

RAYMOND BURR in REAR WINDOW (1954), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Haagse Post de Heer Lederman (from the Bijenkorf), head. November 25, 1968

Commodore Stuart F. Doyle, president of 27 annual Pittwater Regatta, which will take place on Saturday. January 09, 1934. (Photo by Sidney Riley).

Frank Hedley

Ex-Lord mayor of London Sir George Broadbridge. January 23, 1938.

Poll photo collection. Visit to the German author Erich Maria Remarque and the American actress Paulette Goddard in their villa in the Swiss Porto Ronco. Remarque with a book at his writing desk in the villa in Porto Ronco. October 1961. Lago Maggiore, Switzerland

Portrait of the British writer John Galsworthy correcting a manuscript.

American Atom Chief Speaks To Berlin Scientists. "U.S. Should Keep A-Bomb Stockpile".Doctor Arthur H. Compton, American atomic physicist and winner of a Nobel Prize for his work in the field of cosmic rays, addressing Berlin scientists and professors of the Free University of Berlin at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institute, in the United States sector.On a visit to Europe to encourage world co-operation and brotherhood, Doctor Compton is accompanied on his Berlin visit by Thomas E. Braniff, President of Braniff Airlines, and Everett R. Clinchy, President of the World Organisation for Brotherhood. June 20, 1950.

Don Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2nd Marquis of Estella, 22nd Count of Sobremonte, Knight of Calatrava (January 8, 1870 ñ March 16, 1930) was a dictator, aristocrat, and military officer who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1923 to 1930 during Spain's Restoration era.

First Major Churchill Speech Since Retirement -- Referring to the increasing machination of everyday life, Sir Winston warned: " I am all for using machines, but do not let them use you." December 06, 1955.

05/28/1961. The writer Azorín.

1949. Alejandro Goicoechea, inventor of the Talgo train, at his home.

Evgenil Nikanorovich Pavlovsky. Photograph by L.J. Bruce-Chwatt.

Anefo photo collection. Georg Solti in Amstelhotel; Solti speaks. September 25, 1974

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard gave press conference on Soestdijk, subject matter Dutch civilization to Harvard University, Prince Bernhard. May 30, 1967. Soestdijk, Utrecht

Count Bethlen - 10 Years Prime Minister of Hungary. June 19, 1931.

Woodrow Wilson

Calvin Coolidge 30th President of the United States (1872-1933)

Mosley Talks.I often say, if I had the Press the Conservatives control, I could make my party as powerful as theirs in a weekend. If the Conservatives had our small resources; they would fade out: we are continually growing. March 19, 1948. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

Luis María Anson around 1960.

Huey P. Long in a speaking pose in 1935. He was planning to Challenge FDR in the 1936 presidential election, was assassinated by the son-in-law of a Louisiana judge he removed from office. - (BSLOC_2015_1_48)

12/31/1899. Ruperto Chapi.

Anefo photo collection. This is your life TV program. April 6, 1962

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard. 1965

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt Delivering Radio Speech at his Desk White House Washington DC USA Harris & Ewing 1935

Edwin Powell Hubble Astronomer (1889-1953)

Elsevier photo collection. Sir Neville Bland, English ambassador Netherlands, 60 December 6, 1946. December 5, 1946. Hague, South Holland

Ernest Rutherford broadcasting during a home visit to New Zealand in 1926. Artist: Anon

Personalities In DanzigArthur Greiser, President of the Danzig Senate. January 1, 1939. (Photo by Kosmos Press Bureau (Australasia) Pty. Ltd.).

Mr. Francis E. White ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

Vladimir Lenin in Gorki. August - September 1922 by Anonymous /State Museum of History, Moscow/1922/Photograph/Russia/History

Poll photo collection. Visit to the German author Erich Maria Remarque and the American actress Paulette Goddard in their villa in the Swiss Porto Ronco. Remarque in conversation, sitting in an armchair in his living room in the villa in Porto Ronco. October 1961. Lago Maggiore, Switzerland

Labour Makes Its Plans For Power At The Rostrum, Clem Attlee. -- Though overshadowed by his colleagues, he co-ordinates the Party. December 08, 1949. (Photo by Paul Popper).

Anefo photo collection. Professional chairman prof. Vondeling (PvdA). May 22, 1963. The Hague, Wassenaar, South Holland

EDMOND ROSTAND French playwright, author of 'Cyrano de Bergerac' and others, in 1908. Date: 1868 - 1918

James H.R. Cromwell, husband of the wealthy Doris Duke Cromwell, today recommended to the House Ways and Means Committee immediate reduction and ultimate repeal of all forms of income tax. 1/19/38 Washington, DC

Photograph of Charles Laughton (1899-1962) an English stage and film actor.

Director Åke Karlström.

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana receives at home palace ten Bosch advisers for the cabinet formation. Mr. E.H. Toxopeus (VVD). May 17, 1963. The Hague, South Holland

Mr. Winston Churchill, in Yachting cap and reefer jacket and holding a cigar on arrival at Southampton from Madeira to-day. Wearing a yachting cap and reefer jacket, Mr. Winston Churchill landed from a specially-chartered flying-boat, the 'Hampshire', at Southampton late this afternoon (Thursday) after ourtailing his holiday in Madeira to assume immediate leadership of the conservative campaign forth coming general election. Mr. Churchill said on arrival: 'I heard there was going to be a general election so I thought I had better come back in case I was wanted. He left Southampton by car for his home at Westerham, Kent. January 12, 1950. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

El humorista español Miguel Gila fotografiado en 1959.

Anefo photo collection. George Szell, conductor, and Cleveland orchestra at Schiphol. June 14, 1957. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

EDISON PETIT SEATED AT THE MONOCHROMATIC FILTER ON HIS PERSONAL TELESCOPE.

Foreign Minister Arita -- Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita is seen as posing for the tallde of the Domei recently. January 20, 1939. (Photo by The Domei News Photos Service).

Ernesto calindri, 1988

Black and white photograph of Lord Walter Runciman (1870-1949), Liberal Party politician, visiting Prague on 2 and 3 August 1938.

ANDRE TARDIEU French journalist, photographed in 1919. Date: 1876 - 1945

England's Permanent Representative At UNO -- Sir Gladwyn Jebb, President of the United Nations Security Council and England's permanent representative to the U.N., studying the latest news before a session at Flushing Meadows, New York. September 25, 1950. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

Vladimir Lenin and Herbert George Wells. October 1920 by Anonymous /State Museum of History, Moscow/1920/Photograph/Russia/History

Actor Sydney Greenstreet studying dialogue for his role as a bachelor professor in the motion picture CONFLICT, Hollywood, CA, 1945.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard. 1960

Anefo photo collection. Symposium Air pollution in the National Institute of Public Health in Bilthoven; Prince Bernhard. December 16, 1977

The President of the Italian Republic Antonio Segni reading some papers sitting at the desk of his study at Quirinale. Rome, 20th June 1962

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard gave press conference on Soestdijk, subject matter Dutch civilization to Harvard University. May 30, 1967. Soestdijk, Utrecht

William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), American Businessman, Politician and Newspaper Publisher, full-length seated Portrait, Erich Salomon, 1930

Anefo photo collection. Vicar General of the diocese of Hertogenbosch Mgr. M. A. P. J. Oomens left Schiphol to Djakarta. April 6, 1964. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

The 4th Trade Union Congress of the Mining and Energy Workers' Union (IG Bergbau und Energie) (IGBE) on 22 February 1967 in Bonn at the Beethovenhalle. Walter Arendt, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Television game Erik Sikkes in which Willy Walden plays the leading role. January 5, 1964

Mr. Ed. Hanlon - Premier Qld. December 27, 1950. (Photo by David R. Jones )

Lord Beaverbrook: William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook of Beaverbrook, New Brunswick, and Cherkley, Surrey. Publisher of the Express Newspapers. He is photographed at Cherkley, his country mansion. October 17, 1953. (Photo by Baron, Camera Press).

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.

Poll photo collection. Ambassador Štefan Osuský and his family. Portrait of Štefan osuský diplomat. 1939. France, Paris

President Ford encounters an unfriendly sign, 'We Don't Trust You', which campaigning for President. Sept.9, 1976.

Sir Arthur Fadden. January 18, 1950.

Inside The Foreign Office -- Sir Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, C.B., C.M.G., Deputy Under-Secretary of State, United Kingdom Representative on the Brussels Treaty Permanent Commission with the Personal Bank of Ambassador; at the F.O. he is also superintending United Nations Political, Economic and Social Departments. - In Press reports, Gladwyn Jebb is often referred to as one of the F.O.'s inner 'Brians Trust', allegedly composed of Strang, Kirkpatrick and Jebb. - He was born in 1900, educated at Eton and Oxford (where he took a First in History, 1922); entered Diplomatic Service in 1924, served in Teheran and Rome. September 14, 1950. (Photo by Tom L. Blau, Camera Press).

Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author. June 1939.

Anefo photo collection. Prof. Zernike Nobel Prize winner. November 4, 1953

07/26/1977. Don Manuel fraga Iribarne in the Cortes.

Ike Picks Harvard Prexy For Germany -- Prudently wearing galoshes against the campus slush, President James B. Conant of Harvard University looks over special edition of Harvard Crimson telling of his being named Eisenhower's U.S. High commissioner for Germany. Dr. Conant, 59, started at Harvard as a chemistry instructor in 1916 and has been President for past 20 years. January 12, 1953. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Pablo Neruda Chilean Poet 1952

FEDERICO FELLINI.

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard shows gifts that he received Dono DOO Indonesia on Palace Soestdijk. July 13, 1970

Ingmar Bergman. 1918-2007. Swedish film director. Pictured here 1951 in his home on the 11 October 1951. Photographer: Kristoffersson/BE15-8

RICHARD WIDMARK.

Anefo photo collection. General De Gaulle. May 28, 1958

Chiang Kai-Shek Delivers Victory Speech -- Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek Delivers his Victory Speech from the Chinese Radio Station in Chungking August 15. August 16, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto)

President William Mckinley 1900. McKinley sat on the porch of his Canton home.

Richard Dugan - father of Darcy. February 08, 1950.

Christopher Fry -- Dramatist. December 17, 1952. (Photo by Tom Blau, Camera Press).

Clive Evatt. July 25, 1951.

Richard strauss. 1964.

Francois Fratellini, French circus clown, 1938. Artist: Unknown

Anefo photo collection. Well-known Dutch novelist K. van Bruggen hopes to be 85 years of age November 14. November 9, 1959

President of Syria Dr. Hashem El-Attassi. November 15, 1950. (Photo by Camera Press).

Anefo photo collection. Dr. Mansholt presents his book "De Crisis" in Nieuwspoort The Hague. 12 February 1975. The Hague, South Holland

1928 photograph of Edouard Herriot, Prime Minister of France 1924 - 1925; 20 July 1926 - 23 July 1926; 3 June 1932 - 18 December 1932. Edouard Marie Herriot (1872 - 1957) was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister and for many years as President of the Chamber of Deputies

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard. 1965

12/31/1974. Vicente Aleixandre.

Black and white photograph of Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972), French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer.

China: Dong Biwu (1886-1975), Chairman of the People's Republic of China (jointly with Song Qingling) 1968-1975

Autographed photography of the Italian writer Luigi Pirandello, from the magazine L'illustrazione italiana, year XLVI, no 6, February 9, 1919.

A Melbourne actor claimed this week the spirit of Charles Dickens had helped him portray Dickensian characters.The actor, Mr E. Stanley Brookes, said he had also contacted the spirits of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Edison through a medium.For a long while, Dickens would not revel his identity to the medium, but called him self "The Scribe" said Mr Brookes. "Eventually, he revealed his true identity and whenever I want to portray a Dickens' charactor, I make contact with the author. December 7, 1950.

12/31/1929. Luigi Pirandello.

12/31/1960. César González Ruano during the filming of "My adorable enemy".

Mrs. Dorothy M. Beck, regional director, Region Number One. New Haven, Connecticut. 1936. Photographs, Portraits. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut , New Haven, Connecticut , New Haven County

John Steinbeck, American Author (1902-1968)

12/31/1929. Austrian writer Stefan Zweig relaxes sitting in the entrance of his house.

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