Notable Figures in History

Black and white photographs of various influential individuals from the mid-20th century, portraying a serious, professional demeanor in various settings, often with formal attire.

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (1872-1970). British philosopher and mathematician. Nobel prize for literature 1950. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE NOBEL FOUNDATION

The Polish President -- A specially posed photograph of President Raczkiewicz, head of the Polish State, in his study in London hotel.He arrived in London from France last week. September 10, 1940. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.).

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (1872-1970). British philosopher and mathematician. Nobel prize for literature 1950. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF THE NOBEL FOUNDATION

Dr. J. Ferguson, joint Managing director General Chemicals Division, I.C.I Ltd., England. October 25, 1954.

Sir Owen Dixon. April 23, 1952.

Palace Surgeon -- Sir William Gilliatt (above), 60, president of the London Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, is gynaecologic surgeon to Princess Elizabeth. A suite of rooms has been prepared for him at Buckingham Palace, where the Princess is awaiting the birth of her baby, expected this weekend. November 10, 1948. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Sir Harold Clapp - Former chief of Victorian Railways. April 28, 1947.

Sir Owen Dixon. August 11, 1948.

Mr. & Mrs. I.C. Geddes flat "Chairman & Director, Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. January 14, 1949. (Photo by Gordon Herbert Short/Fairfax Media)

12/31/1962. The painter Daniel Vázquez Díaz.

England's New Lord Chief Justice -- Lord Goddard, the new Lord Chief Justice of England, seen at his desk in his Chelsea, London, home this morning Jan 21.The Right Honorable Lord Justice Goddard, has been appointed to succeed Lord Caldecote as Lord Chief Justice of England, at a salary of £8,000 a year. Lord Goddard, who is 69 years old, is a widower, a grandfather, and has three daughters. He is a non-party man, saying that he has no time for politics. April 22, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Mr. R.W. Gillespie, President of Bank of N.S.W. December 01, 1937.

Dr. Grace Browne. June 29, 1954.

The Queen's Brother. A Popular Member Of The Royal Family -- The Earl of Athlone, formerly Governor General of South African, who will celebrate his 60th birthday on April 14th, 1934. May 13, 1934. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited)

Bouck White

Portrait of the physicist Walther Kossel (1888-1956), Anonymous

Anefo / London photo collection. Portraits / Persons / Anefo London series. Ir J.W. Albarda, Minister Van Waterstaat. 1940

Architect hermann kallenbach, india, asia, 1938 Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox

MONTALE , EUGENIO. ESCRITOR ITALIANO . GENOVA 1896 - 1981.

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of André Gide , 1927, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Photo: Communiquee Par. Photographer: Charles Trampus. Captain Roald Amundsen, The Noted Arctic Explorer Who Will Make An Attempt To Reach The North Pole With A Specially Built Airplane. Captain Amundsen Intends To Make This Modern Departure In Exploration About July 1918.

Ricardo Zandonai (1883-1944), compositor de ópera italiano.

Lord Chatfield. February 09, 1939. (Photo by The Associated Press)

GEORGE LANSBURY Statesman, reformer, pacifist. Date: 1859 - 1940

The famous Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges (1899 - 1986), photographed in 1971.

G.W.S. Grant, Miners Federation (Gen. Secretary). October 15, 1941.

1925 (Ca.). Portrait of Henry Ford.

PEDRO SALINAS (1891-1951) POETA ESPAÑOL.

Acting Bureau Manager Ernst Jonson.

12/31/1899. Actor Fernando Díaz de Mendoza attends the press while seated.

Architect is New P.R.A.Professor Albert Edward Richardson, an architect, pictured at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, this evening (Tuesday) after his election as President of the Royal Academy. He succeeds Sir Gerlad Kelly. December 7, 1954. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

JULIAN BESTEIRO (1870-1940) - POLITICO ESPAÑOL.

Anefo photo collection. Mr Van Kranendonk, member of the Executive Board of the Bijenkorf. February 24, 1969

Elsevier photo collection. Dr. A. Plesman, president KLM suddenly died Year's Day Hague (archive photo). undated

Niels Henrik David Bohr (1885-1962) Danish physicist. Awarded the Nobel prize for physics in 1922 for his theory of the structure of the atom. Photograph.

12/31/1944. Portrait of José María Pemán.

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. Governor of Dutch New Guinea Dr. P.J. Platteel. May 1958. New Guinea

PORTRAIT OF DOCTOR GREGORIO MARAÑON IN HIS LIBRARY. Location: CIGARRAL DE MARAÑON. Toledo. SPAIN.

Lewis Stone, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait for the Film, "The Hardys Ride High", MGM, 1939

Anefo photo collection. Directors of the Shell Links F. A. C. Guepin member of the Presidency, of the Board of Management of the NV BDM and the right IR. L. E. J. Brouwer. August 20, 1958

Photograph of Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) an American politician, academic and former President of the United States of America. Dated 20th Century

12/31/1954. The doctor Gregorio Marañón Posadillo.

Commonwealth Prime Minister Meet in London -- Mr. Peter Fraser, The Prime Minister of New Zealand. October 26, 1948.

George Curtin (Brother) - Prime Minister. ***** trade hall today. March 22, 1948.

Portrait of Giorgio de Chirico, 1960.

The Rt. Hon. J.A. Costello Prime Minister of Eire. December 20, 1948. (Photo by Camera Press).

Photograph of Stafford Cripps (1889-1952) a British Labour politician and former Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dated 20th Century

Warwick Deeping - Author -- New Portrait of Warwick Deeping, the famous author, who has some 46 or so publications to his credit, the most recent including "The Man on the White Horse" & "Sackcloth into Silk". January 10, 1938.

Elsevier photo collection. successor A. d'Ailly, G. van Hall mentioned mayor Amsterdam. December 3, 1956. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Dr. Wilfred Fairfax. October 31, 1952.

The Hon. Sir Stanley Argyle.New Portrait Of The Hon. Sir Stanley Argyle, Ex-Premier of Victoria, who is now in London attending the Empire Parliamentary Association Conference.He is accompanied on his visit by Lady Argyle, and their daughter Mrs. E.W. Hill. August 26, 1939.

Cabinet Meets On Election Date Question - Sir Stafford Cripps, with the secret of the General Election date behind his smile, leaves 10 Downing St, after today's Cabinet meeting. January 10, 1950. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Anefo photo collection. Dr. C.w.m. Huysmans, finance minister. 1945. Britain, London

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Dutch Guinea: Visit Australian Foreign Minister Casey. Minister Casey, Australian Minister Foreign Affairs visited Dutch Guinea March 1958. March 1958. Hollandia, Guinea

Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) 28th President of the United States 1913-1921, Head and Shoulders Portrait, 1916

Anefo photo collection. Minister Drees Jr. Opens Aviodome at Schiphol, no. 3, 4 ir. J. Luymes speaks, no. 5, 6 Drees speaks. July 10, 1971. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Senator Sutherland ca. between 1918 and 1920.

LUIGI EINAUDI (1874-1961) - POLITICO ITALIANO PRESIDENTE EN 1948.

R. C. Hagon. December 7, 1933.

Anefo photo collection. Dr. Van Hasselt. Portraits. October 9, 1979

Poll photo collection. Photos by willem van de poll. Portrait of Willem van de Poll by Herman de Bruyn, Eindhoven. undated

Woodrow Wilson, May 11, 1914

Chicago, Illinois April 10, 1935 Portrait of Charles R. Walgreen, head of the natitonal chain of drug stores, two days before he withdrew his niece from the University of Chicago, criticizing the institution for its "communistic influence"".

Archibald Presi. Sir James Elder. KBE *****. May 20, 1942.

New Chief Judge. April 17, 1952.

Anefo photo collection. Walter Bedell-Smith, USA, head. November 12, 1970. America

King George VI - (Portraits). June 19, 1951.

Anefo photo collection. Walter Scheel, Minister of Foreign Affairs, West Germany. November 3, 1971. B.R.D., Germany

RALPH WILSON IN THE HALE LIBRARY.

The Plant Wizard of CaliforniaAbove is pictured Luther Burbank, the world famous plant wizard and horticulturist, Pictured for the first time in many years. This very excellent likeness of the noted man was made at his home in Santa Rosa, and shows him as he is today, only ***** Recovered from Serious Illness. Mr. Burbank ***** his 75th Birthday in March. April 05, 1948. (Photo by International Newsreel Photo)

King Arrives In London: The King leaves Euston Station, London by car, after arriving there this morning, September 8, by train from Ballater Scotland. He will will undergo a medical examination today and is expected to return North by air this evening. February 13, 1952. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Bertrand Russell at press conference New York, 1950, Keystone Press Agency, 1950 photograph photographic support gelatin silver print

Dr. Thos. J. Allen

W. F. Borrows. January 1, 1931.

Thomas Fentem junior. Photograph by Lafayette Ltd.

12/31/1948. Portrait of the German politician Conrad Adenauer.

FRANCESC MACIA PRESIDENTE DE LA GENERALITAT 1933.

12/31/1941. Jacques Jaujard. He was deputy director of the Louvre (later he was director) and official delegate of the International Committee that saved the Spanish Treasury during the Civil War. Negotiated the Figueras Agreement with the Government of the Republic.

Anefo photo collection. Georg Solti in Amstelhotel; Solti to the word (head). September 25, 1974

The Power Behind Adenauer -- Robert Pferdmenges -- Although practically unknown to the general public, Herr Robert Pferdmenges is by competent political observers often described as the man who, behind the scenes, exercises unrivalled power within Western Germany. Pferdmenges is seventy-three and at the beginning of 1954 he retired from his private banking firm in order to devote all his time to politics. He remains Chairman, or member, of the Executive Boards of twenty six major concerns in the Federal republic, among them banks, mines, insurance companies, steel works, textile firms, sugar refineries. March 14, 1951. (Photo by Max Ehlert, Camera Press).

Ludwig von Hofmann

Anefo / London photo collection. Portraits / Persons / Anefo London series. Prof. J. Eggers. {1940-1945}. Britain, London

Spanish civil war: José Martínez de Velasco (1875-1936), founder and leader of the Spanish Agrarian Party, minister of several departments during the Second Republic and mayor of Madrid

Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon, (1855-1937) secretary of the Treasury (192132) who reformed the tax structure of the U.S. government in the 1920s. 1926 Portrait.

Portrait of French poet and author Louis Aragon (October 3, 1897 - December 24, 1982). Paris, France, 1939.

WOODROW WILSON American president Date: 1856 - 1924

Poll photo collection. Iceland. Icelandic composer, musicologist and conductor Jón Leifs for a microphone. 1934. Iceland

Alabama, USA: December 5, 1929Portrait of George Huddleston, U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) 28th President of the United States 1913-1921, Half-Length Portrait, Photograph by Harris & Ewing, 1913-1917

To Marry Mussolini's Daughter: Count Galeazzo Cianno a journalist, who is to wed Singorina Edda Mussoloni, the daughter of the Italian Premier. January 11, 1931. (Photo by Central News).

Chas. Harrison

Arbitration Court. Chief Judge Edmund Alfred Drake-Brockman. September 1, 1947.

Photographic portrait of Otto Renner (1883-1960) a German plant geneticist. Dated 20th century

Private recordings. Portrait of Nikolaus Grasser, brother of the photographer

Portrait Carl Perron.

WALTER EUCKEN (1891-1950) ECONOMISTA ALEMAN.

Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, historian, social critic, and political activist. He received the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature, cited for his humanitarian ideals and advocacy of freedom of thought (BSLOC_2016_8_150)

Bernard M. Baruch. March 28, 1952. (Photo by Look Magazine).

Saul Bellow-1975.

Canada's Food Chief - In London today (Sunday) before he left for the Food and Agriculture conference in Geneva is Mr. James Gardiner, Canadian Minister of Agriculture. He was visited at his hotel by British Food Minister John Strachey Shortly after his arrival from Canada and will return to Britain in 10 day's time, when further talks are expected. His presence in London lends colour to reports of a Commonwealth drive to aid Britain, and Mr. Gardiner has stated that Canadian food contracts to Britain will be honoured in spite of Canada's own problem of a drought impaired harvest and the high prices offered by the United States. August 24, 1947.

H.C. Beattie

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