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Images depicting various notable men in formal attire at significant events, featuring somber expressions and classic styling, reminiscent of mid-20th century history.

Photographic portrait of King Gustaf V of Sweden (1858-1950) returning home after a royal visit. Dated 20th Century
Photographic portrait of King Gustaf V of Sweden (1858-1950) returning home after a royal visit. Dated 20th Century
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Adolf Hitler 1889-1945. German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party with the Vatican ambassador
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Adolf Hitler with Otto Dietrich, the Third Reich's Press Chief
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Couillard with others
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Bidault Tries To Form French Government--Georges Bidault, twice before premier of France, gives his views to newsmen on the steps of Elysee Palace, Paris, after seeing President  Vincent Auriol who asked him to try to form a new government. Auriol called on Bidault after Jacques Soustelle, DeGaulle spokesman, failed in his attempt to piece together a cabinet to succeed that of resigned Rene Pinay. December 28, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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Sir William Boog Leishman and Hyacinthe Vincent. Photograph by Henri Manuel, 1925.
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07/31/1912. The court in San Sebastián. HM Queen Maria Cristina (X) during her visit to the Automobile Radiotelegráfrica station installed on Mount Ulia.
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Photograph of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869-1947) King of Italy, with Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) an Italian politician, dictator, and journalist. Dated 20th Century
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02/07/1913. The Funerals for Moret in Madrid. His Royal Highness the Infante D. Carlos accompanied by the Minister of Grace and Justice, Mr. Barroso, upon entering San Francisco the Great to preside over the Funerals Celebrated yesterday Tomorrow. photo duke.
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Photograph of Hastings Ismay and Eric Miéville. General Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887-1965) a British Indian Army officer and diplomat. Eric Miéville (1896-1971) a senior British civil servant who served as Assistant Private Secretary to George VI, and who also served as Private Secretary to several Governors-General of India and Canada. Dated 20th Century
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September 1944, Quebec, Canada - President Franklin D. Roosevelt with the Governor General of Canada, Lord Athlone, Prime Minister Churchill and Prime Minister of Canada, Mackenzie King, at the Quebec Conference.
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Visit to the Spanish press house of Cinema Artists. In 1924, two Great Cinematographic Stars of the Time, the Canadian actress Mary Pickford (second from the Right) and her husband, the American actor Douglas Fairbanks (second from the Left), came to visit our Rotary, in the background the founder of the newspaper Mr. Torcuato Luca de tena.
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Vladimir Lenin and Nadezhda Krupskaya in Gorki by Anonymous  /State Museum of History, Moscow/1922/Photograph/Russia/Portrait,History
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Hua Guofeng (successor to Mao), with Mao Zedong (left), 1975. Mao Zedong (1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death
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05/29/1923. Madrid. A tribute to the businessman Mr. Arturo Serrano (X) Receiving the silver plaque that the union and the Montepio de Actores gave him in gratitude for his management as organizer of the Montepio benefit. (photo Zegri Jose).
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Mother and father of Nazario Sauro (1880-1916) with the Duke of Aosta (1869-1931) in Pula, currently Croatia, January 1919, from the magazine L'Illustrazione Italiana, year XLVI, no 51, December 21, 1919.
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Seville, 10/09/1922. The Crown Prince of Italy (x) walking in the Maria Luisa Park.
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President Chiang Kai-shek, center, and Mao Zedong, right, with US Ambassador to China, Patrick J. Hurley in Chongqing, China.
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Photograph of Benito Mussolini with David Lloyd George. Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) an Italian politician, journalist and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling as Prime Minister of Italy. David Lloyd George (1863-1945) a British Liberal politician and former Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dated 20th Century
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Golda Meir, Israel's minister plenipotentiary to the Soviet Union, presenting her credentials to Vaslov, deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet, 1948. Golda Meir (born Golda Mabovitch; May 3, 1898 - December 8, 1978; married name Meyerson/Myerson between 1917-1956) was an Israeli politician, teacher, who served as the fourth prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. She was the first woman to become head of government in Israel
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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.
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President McKinley delivering his inaugural address in front of Cleveland. McKinley was the 25th President of the United States. He led the nation to victory in the Spanish-American War and raised protective tariffs to promote American industry.
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Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.
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Czech President Hacha with Adolf Hitler 1939. Emil H·cha (12 July 1872 ñ 27 June 1945) was a Czech lawyer, the third President of Czechoslovakia from 1938 to 1939.
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Photograph of Jose Maria Peman (1897-1981) a Spanish journalist, poet, novelist, essayist, and right-wing intellectual
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Roosevelt & reporters, Sagamore
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Gauleiter Wagner, Baden - Hitler. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.
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The FDJ chairman Erich Honecker stands next GDR president Wilhelm Pieck in the stands, Anonymous
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William Ewart Gladstone, 29 December 1809, 19 angolan rousette (1898), British statesman who presented the House of Commons to the House of Commons, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century original
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01/31/1921. The royal family of Greece. King Constantine with his daughter, Princess Elena, and her fiancé, Prince Carol, heir to the throne of Romania.
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Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian playwright, poet and essayist, 1915. Artist: Unknown
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Eduardo Dato with his last government. Dato (12 August 1856  8 March 1921) was a Spanish political leader. He served three times as Spanish Prime Minister: from 27 October 1913 to 9 December 1915, from 11 June 1917 to 3 November 1917, and from 28 April 1920 until his death. Also he held eleven cabinet ministries, and was four times President of the Spanish Congress of Deputies (a role approximating to that of parliamentary Speaker).
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Archduke Eugen in Karlovy VaryCarlsbad. Archduke Eugen of Austria in Karlovy Vary
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12/31/1935. Two representatives of Falange in the first Government of Burgos. On the left, Fernández Cuesta, Minister of Agriculture, one of José Antonio's most intimate collaborators. To the right, Serrano Súñer, Minister of the Interior.
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Antonio Scotti (1866-1936), Italian baritone, Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916), Italian composer, and Enrico Caruso (1873-1921), Italian tenor, London, United Kingdom, photograph by Adolfo Croce, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIII, No 37, September 16, 1906.
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Prince Faisal l bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and King Farouk of Egypt. They dine at Ras el-Tin Palace in Alexandria following a meeting of the Arab League, April 9, 1946. Five of the nine resolutions passed in this Arab League session addressed actions to resist Jewish settlement in Palestine. - (BSLOC_2014_15_211)
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Ford Madox Ford, James Joyce, Ezra Pound and John Quinn at Pound's place in Paris in 1923. Quinn was a lawyer who defended the publication of Ulysses in The Little Review  in 1921.
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Adolf Hitler is met by Richard Walther Darré (1895  1953) an SS-Obergruppenführer and one of the leading Nazi 'blood and soil' (German: Blut und Boden) ideologists. He served as Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture from 1933 to 1942.
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03/31/1935. The poet Lorca Surrounded by Companions.
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RVD / Royal House photo collection. Koningin Wilhelmina visits Libert Eindhoven and arrives here, in the company of O.A. Minister Beel, at the Van Abbemuseum, Monday, March 19, 1945. 19 March 1945. Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant
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PAUL VON HINDENBURG (1847-1934) GENERAL ALEMAN Y II PRESIDENTE DE REPUBLICA DE WEIMAR. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.
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Waiting To Present His Credential To The Queen -- Mr. Shunichi Matsumoto, smiles as he looks at his Country's Flag flying outside his Belgrave square Embassy in London.Waiting for a call to the court of St. James to present his credentials to the Queen is Mr. Shunichi Matsumoto, first Japanese ambassador in London since 1941. June 11, 1952. (Photo by Paul Popper).
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Paolo Emilio Taviani on the stage during a Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana) party rally, July 21, 1949, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.
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Black and white photo of the assassination of Louis Barthou (1862-1934), Minister of Foreign Affairs, and King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888-1934; King from 1929), in Marseilles, 9 October 1934.
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The Liberal politicians David Lloyd George (1863-1945) and Herbert Samuel (1870-1963) watching a passing parade. Lloyd George was War Minister and Samuel Home Secretary when the photograph was taken in July 1916. Later that year Lloyd George would replace Herbert Henry Asquith as Prime Minister, a position he would hold until 1922. Samuel again served as Home Secretary in 1931, was High Commissioner for Palestine from 1920 to 1925, and was the author of several philosophical works.     Date: 22
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Dr. Albert A. Michelson, Dr. Albert Einstein, and Dr. Robert A. Millikan. Left to right, rear: Walter S. Adams, Dr. Walther Mayer of Vienna, Max Farrand.
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King Feisal of Iraq, his last visit to Jerusalem before his European tour during which he died. 1933, Jerusalem
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Polish Sejm's speaker Ignacy Daszyski and prime minister Kazimierz Bartel ca. 1929.
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12/31/1945. Inauguration of Juan Domingo Perón as president of the Argentine Republic.
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President Dwight Eisenhower - Gen. Scenes - Prior To 1960 - Personality. May 1, 1951. (Photo by United States Information Service).
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Lord Horatio Kitchener of Khartoum (1850 - 1916), British military leader and statesman, pictured with his Excellency Mohamed Mahmoud Seliman Bey, the governor of the Suez Canal and president of the Port Said municipality.  At the time, Kitchener was consul-general in Egypt, and was attending a garden party to celebrate the inauguration ceremony in connection with the new drainage scheme for the town of Port Said.  Kitchener is seen holding the malacca cane presented to him by the municipality.
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World War 1 - President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) a month before the March 5 1917, addresses the crowd in front of the Capitol building in Washington, the inaugural address of his second presidency.
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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA (30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965) was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer (as Winston S. Churchill), and an artist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States. Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (18 December 1878 - 5 March 1953) was the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. While formally the office of the General Secretary was elective and was not initially regarded as top position in the Soviet state, after Vladimir Lenin's death in 1924, Stalin managed to consolidate more and more power in his hands, gradually putting down all opposition gro
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President Herbert Hoover ca. between 1909 and 1923.
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Churchill In V-Humour In Metz -- Mr. Winstons Churchill Ex-Premier, gives his "V" sign as he drives through world famous "V" sign as he drives through cheering inhabitants of the French Town of Metz  on the way to a civil banquet. With him is M. Robert Schuman, French Minister of Finance. July 16, 1946. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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Richard Strauss with Max  Reinhardt (3rd from left,  back), librettist Hoffman- sthal (behind the composer)  and other VIPs, on the first  night at Dresden, 26.1.1911     Date: first performed 1911
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The Oni Meets Winston - The Oni of IFE shake hands with Sir Winston Churchill in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, home of the Duke of Marlborough, during the garden party given there yesterday to 1200 Dominion and Overseas visitors. Sir Winston was, of course, born at Blenheim. June 08, 1953.
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Hugh Waddell Mulligan and Philp James Barraud. Photograph.
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Photograph of Haj Mohammed Effendi Amin el-Husseini (1897-1974) Palestinian Arab Nationalist and Muslim leader in Mandatory Palestine. Dated 1936
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GARCIA PRIETO, MANUEL. POLITICO ESPAÑOL. 1859-1938. PRESIDENTE DEL GOBIERNO. PRIMERA CONFERENCIA ENTRE GARCIA PRIETO Y LOS EMBAJADORES DE FRANCIA E INGLATERRA, AÑO 1911. GRABADO DE L'ILLUSTRACION.
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Photograph of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002) with Princess Elizabeth (1926-) and Princess Margaret (1930-2002) during a visit to the Lord Roberts' Memorial Workshop for Disabled ex-Servicemen. Dated 20th Century
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12/31/1919. Alfonso Xiii in Córdoba. Viana Palace Archive.
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The visit of the Soviet Head of State and Party Leonid Brezhnev to Bonn from 18-22 May 1973 was a step towards easing tensions in Willy Brandt's East-West relations. Leonid Brezhnev at Gymnich Castle, Germany, Europe
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Ben gurion at charles de gaulle's funeral rite, 1970
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JAMES STEWART.
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Photograph of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George during the Emperor's royal visit. Dated 20th Century
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Photographic print of Léon Degrelle (1906-1994) a Walloon Belgian politician and Nazi collaborator. Dated 20th Century
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President Gerald Ford slips on a sloping median strip in front of the Portland, Maine, Holiday Inn. August 30, 1975.
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Who Is Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten - A picture of Prince Philip taken in August 1935, when he was appearing in a school production of "Macbeth", in which he played the part of "Malcolm" with outstanding success. L to R:- Prince Philip; P. Ebert (king Suncan); A. Brown and Charles Leith-Hay in the costumes of their parts.Blond and handsome Prince Philip, personifying the popular conception of the Creek sun-god, was a good actor and this reason coupled with his good looks led to his being chosen to appear in many school plays, where he specialised in Shakesparen parts. November 15, 1947.
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Vladimir lenin, josif stalin
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PHYLLIS HOLMAN RICHARDS Page from The Illustrated  London News featuring Phyllis  Holman Richards who was  awarded the Binney medal for  bravery in the face of armed      Date: 3 May 1952
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Illustration of A.J. Balfour (1848-1930), speaking in the House of Commons about Britain's relationship with China. Balfour was a Conservative Politician, Prime Minister and Philosopher.     Date: 1898
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Albert einstein, daughter margot and helen dukas, 1947
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Alfonso XIII in France during a state visit in 1905. Alfonso XIII (1886 - 1941), King of Spain from 1886 until the proclamation of the Second Republic in 1931.
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09/27/1919. Barcelona. At Restaurant Martin. Intimate Banquet, Offered by the Journalists who provide information at the University, to the rector of the University, Dr. Carulla (X), to celebrate the granting by HM The King of the title of Marquis of Carulla.
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EMIL JANNINGS and ERNST LUBITSCH in PHARAOH'S WIFE (1922) -Original title: WEIB DES PHARAO-, directed by ERNST LUBITSCH.
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Sergei Mironovich Kirov (1886 - 1934) Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary whose assassination was used as a pretext to launch the first Great Purge. Kirov was a participant in the 1905 Russian Revolution and arrested, joining with the Bolsheviks soon after being released from prison. Kirov became commander of the Bolshevik military administration in Astrakhan, and fought for the Red Army in the Russian Civil War until 1920. In 1921, Kirov became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, the Bolshevik party organisation in Azerbaijan.
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Abdullah al-Sallal (1917 - March 5, 1994) leader of the North Yemeni Revolution of 1962. served as the first President of the Yemen Arab Republic from 27 September 1962 to 5 November 1967
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Photograph of Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) an Italian politician, dictator, and journalist. Dated 20th Century
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Photograph of W. T. Cosgrave (1880-1965) an Irish politician, Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State. Dated 20th Century
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British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940), waves from an open-top car, shortly after arriving in Munich for a meeting with Adolf Hitler over threats to invade Czechoslovakia.      Date: 29th September 1938
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Friedrich Ebert (1871Äì1925) was a German politician (SPD), who served as Chancellor of Germany and its first president during the Weimar period.
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Nicholas II (1868-1918) Emperor of Russia  (left) with his cousin George V (1865-1936) King of Great Britain. Photograph
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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
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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
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MAC KINLEY , WILLIAM. POLITICO NORTEAMERICANO. 1843 - 1901. CARICATURA EN LA REVISTA " LA CAMPANA DE GRACIA " , BARCELONA 1898. WILLIAM MACKINLEY.
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Frank Forde - Former Deputy Prime Minister Aust. - Also former Minister of the Army - Personality. September 17, 1946. (Photo by C. Mail Special Photo Service).
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