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Black and white captures of political events featuring dignitaries in formal gatherings, highlighting historical significance.

Ghana's President, Kwame Nkrumah, speaks in front of the Hotel Theresa, in Harlem. In the 1960s, some international leaders stayed at the Hotel Theresa to show solidarity with the African American civil rights struggle. Oct. 6, 1960.

Trip to New York City: Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), 11:25AM. President John F. Kennedy addresses the delegates of the General Assembly of the United Nations at the General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York.

Mr. Winston Churchill, tours his constituency Woodford Essex, to-day. October 06, 1951. (Photo by Daily Mail Contract Picture).

Trip to South America: La Morita, Venezuela agrarian reform site, 12:15PM. President of Venezuela Rómulo Betancourt speaks at La Morita Resettlement Project in La Morita, Venezuela; President John F. Kennedy sits behind President Betancourt on the speakers' stand, beneath a large banner illustrated with likenesses of President Kennedy and President Betancourt. Standing at left: White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Special Assistant to President Kennedy Kenneth P. O'Donnell.

Trip to New York City: Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), 11:25AM. President John F. Kennedy addresses the delegates of the General Assembly of the United Nations at the General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York.

Photograph of Nazi leaders gathered with French leaders for an evening event in Paris. Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, Cardinal Archbishop of Paris with Pierre Laval, French politician. During the time of the Third Republic, he served as Prime Minister of France. Following France's surrender and armistice with Germany in 1940, he served in the Vichy Regime.

President Eisenhower waves to his wife Mamie from the White House lawn. Ca. 1953-1960

Theodore Roosevelt Montage, circa 1909

Anefo photo collection. VVD party leader Hans Wiegel was married to Pien Frederiks too Hoogeveen. VVD party leader Hans Wiegel married to Pien Frederiks too Hoogeveen. 1 June 1973. Drenthe, Hoogeveen

U.S. Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, leading the funeral procession (with U.S. President Lyndon Johnson and U.S. First Lady Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson following behind), of U.S. President John F. Kennedy departing the White House for the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Washington, D.C., USA, Abbie Rowe, White House Photographs, November 25, 1963

05/19/1970. Inauguration of the VIII International Country Fair, where Francisco Franco attended with his wife and the Princes Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofía.

Elsevier photo collection. Engagement Princess Irene Carlos Hugo de Bourbon Parma. Huge crowd journalists Hek Paleis Soestdijk. February 8, 1964. Soestdijk, Utrecht province

Richard Nixon giving the State of the Union in February 1970.

Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy leaving the White House with her children to attend the service at the Capitol. November 24, 1963. Abbie Rowe photographer.

Trip to New York City: Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), 11:25AM. President John F. Kennedy addresses the delegates of the General Assembly of the United Nations at the General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York.

The turbulent Republican Convention in Chicago, 1952, elected the Eisenhower-Nixon team...Pictured, from left, Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator Bricker, Mrs. Eisenhower, Nixon, Joe Martin, Eisenhower.

John and Cindy McCain

Trip to New York City: Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), 11:25AM. President John F. Kennedy addresses the delegates of the General Assembly of the United Nations at the General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York.

Anefo photo collection. Marriage Princess Alexandra van Kent with Angus Ogilvy photo from TV. April 24, 1963

Anefo photo collection. Marriage Princess Irene Prince Carlos Hugo de Bourbon Parma. April 29, 1964. Italy, Rome

Cornerstone Laying Ceremony, Rayburn House Office Building, 10:28AM. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. Also pictured: Speaker of the House and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (Massachusetts). Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana is present at the opening of the Catholic economic college in Tilburg. Queen Juliana at the opening of the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Tilburg, Dr. C.M.N. Kortman in the couch The Queen, in the Aula de Burgemeester van Tilburg, Mr. C.J.G. (Cees) Becht. November 13, 1962. Noord-Brabant, Tilburg

Sen. Robert Kennedy tugged at from every direction. The candidates fans overwhelm his security detail during his during his campaign in the California Democratic Presidential primary. Defermery Park, Oakland. May 31, 1968.

Spanish ***** "Madrid Week" In Barcelona.A close-up of President Companys at the microphone during the rally in Barcelona in aid of "Madrid Week" which took place on Sunday March 7. April 26, 1937.

Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping applauds as US President Jimmy Carter stands behind a podium at the White House, Washington, D.C. January 1979.

Jacqueline Kennedy and daughter Caroline Kennedy kneel and kiss U.S. President John F. Kennedy's flag-draped casket in center of Rotunda, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., USA, Abbie Rowe, White House Photographs, November 24, 1963

Photograph of Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970) second President of Egypt. Dated 20th Century

Republican Presidential nominee Dwight Eisenhower, called upon his defeated rival, Sen. Robert Taft. July 1952.

Mahatma Gandhi arrives in Canning Town, London, meet Charles Chaplin, England, September 22, 1931 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

U.S. President Calvin Coolidge during his First Annual Address to Congress, Washington DC, USA, National Photo Company, December 6, 1923

Anefo photo collection. Truth festival in RAI in Amsterdam, CPN chairman Henk Hoekstra during reason. September 30, 1972. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

12/31/1963. Paul Vi at the opening of the Third Session of the Second Vatican Council.

Anefo photo collection. Baptism Willem Alexander from TV. September 2, 1967

Anefo photo collection. Queen Beatrix Prince Claus attendance Prince Willem Alexander Lieutenant-Ter-Zee navy HR. Ms. Tromp Den Helder; Prince Willem-Alexander explains oath. July 1, 1986. Den Helder

Bill Clinton being welcomed as 42nd President, on Inauguration Day 1993, Washington, DC

Opening Day of the 1961 Baseball Season, 1:10PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks with audience members at the opening game of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Audience includes Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Senator George Smathers of Florida; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence "Larry" O Brien; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Boys Clubs of Americas "Boy of the Year" Richard Lopez.

President Harding snapped at the dedication ceremonies of the Lincoln Memorial May 30 1922

Anefo photo collection. Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus Housing opening meeting of the 20th anniversary of the Wageningen student association "Ceres"; Beatrix waving /. September 16, 1978

Flag-draped casket of late U.S. President John Kennedy carried by horse-drawn caisson, arriving at U.S. Capitol Building following funeral procession from White House, former U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stands at right with her children, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr., Washington, D.C., USA, Abbie Rowe, White House Photographs, November 24, 1963

JOHN F. KENNEDY and JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS in JFK REVISITED: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (2021), directed by OLIVER STONE.

Congressional campaign trip: Monessen, Pennsylvania, rally. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks to a congressional campaign rally in Monessen, Pennsylvania.

Address at George Washington University, 10:45AM. President John F. Kennedy addresses audience from lectern after receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, during the inauguration ceremony of President of the George Washington University, Dr. Thomas Henry Carroll. President Carroll (far left) and Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (right of lectern) sit onstage behind President Kennedy. George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

06/30/1914. Presidential Performance. Mr. Wilson, President of the United States, Giving a Speech in Philadelphia.

Deanna Durbin, on-set of the Film, "100 Men and a Girl", Universal Pictures, 1937

Caterina Caselli, Cannes 1968.

Morning of the day of JKF's assassination. President Kenney speaks to a crowd in front of the Texas Hotel in Fort Worth during a light rain. Behind him are (L-R): Senator Ralph Yarborough; Texas Governor John Connally, and Vice President Lyndon Johnson. Nov. 22, 1963

01/31/1968. The expectant public Clamorously Welcomes the Arrival of Queen Victoria Eugenia at Barajas Airport.

BONITA GRANVILLE in HITLER'S CHILDREN (1943), directed by EDWARD DMYTRYK.

Edith Nourse Rogers, opened and closed a four-minute session of the House on Sept. 27, 1929. She was Republican Congresswoman from Massachusetts' 5th district, and served for 35 years, from 1925 to 1960. (BSLOC_2015_16_199)

U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivering remarks during convocation, Alumni Memorial Athletic Field, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA, Cecil Stoughton, White House Photographs, October 19, 1963

Adolf Hitler, pictured on th ecover of Vu magazine, French, 23 February 1938. Hitler is photographed making a speech just before the annexation of Austria, the Anschluss. The artist is unknown.

John F. Kennedy photographed on Macdill Air force Base in Tampa, Florida on November 18, 1963. This was four days before his assassination in Dallas.

Trip to California: Charter Anniversary Ceremony, University of California at Berkeley, 1:40PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks with University of California regent, Dr. Edwin W. Pauley, at the University's 94th Charter Day Ceremony. Left to right: Two unidentified men; Governor of California, Edmund G. Pat Brown; Dr. Pauley; President Kennedy; unidentified; President of the University of California, Dr. Clark Kerr; newly-inaugurated Chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley, Edward W. Strong; former President of the University of California, Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul. California Memorial Stadium, University of California, Berkeley, California.

Poll photo collection. Official visit from Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard to Switzerland. Princess Juliana in conversation with children when receiving in Bern. May 21, 1946. Bern, Switzerland

12/31/1979. Adolfo Suárez during one of his acts.

George M. Humphrey and Richard M. Nixon on Opening Day of Alexander Hamilton Bicentennial in Washington, DC. Picture shows George M. Humphrey and Richard Nixon by Alexander Hamilton statue in front of U.S. Treasury Building in Washington, DC.

Visit of participants in the 1962 Campaign Conference for Democratic Women, 9:35AM. Visit of participants of the 1962 Campaign Conference for Democratic Women; President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stand on platform (lower right). Also pictured: Vice-Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Margaret B. Price; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Chairman of the DNC, John M. Bailey; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator George Smathers (Florida); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig; White House Correspondent for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Sander Vanocur; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith; White House Secret Service agent, Clint Hill. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

Al Gore, former Vice President, takes the Oath of Office on Inauguration Day from Chief Justice William Rehnquist on January 20, 1993 in Washington, DC

Bill Clinton, 42nd President, takes the Oath of Office on Inauguration Day from Chief Justice William Rehnquist on January 20, 1993 in Washington, DC

Premier Nikita Khrushchev and others beneath the Lincoln statue in the Lincoln Memorial. L-R: Nikita & Nina Khrushchev, Christian Herter, Andrei Gromyko, and Mikhail Menshikov, Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sept. 16, 1959. - (BSLOC_2014_16_150)

The DFU Union Day (Party Congress) on 15.11.1980 in Duisburg.Ingrid Kurz, Germany, Europe

U.S. President Lyndon Johnson shaking hands with Washington Senators Manager Gil Hodges during opening day Game, Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, Marion S. Triosko, April 12, 1965

Congressional campaign trip: Monessen, Pennsylvania, rally. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks to a congressional campaign rally in Monessen, Pennsylvania.

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

Hua Guofeng (1921 - 2008) Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the Communist Party of China and Premier of the People's Republic of China. Hua held the top offices of the government, party, and the military after Premier Zhou and Chairman Mao's death

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana 58 years, Defile on Palace Soestdijk, v.L.n.R. Christina, Pieter van Vollenhoven, Margriet, Claus, Queen, Bernhard, Irene, Hugo, under banner. May 1, 1967. Soestdijk, Utrecht

11/02/1982. John Paul II's trip to Spain: meeting with the Youth at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid.

Denzel Washington, Half-Length Portrait, on-set of the Film, "Malcolm X", Warner Bros., 1992

The IV. Federal Congress of the DKP-affiliated Socialist German Workers' Youth (SDAJ) on 19 May 1974 in the Niedersachsenhalle in Hanover.Wolfgang Gehrcke (today Left), Germany, Europe

Senator Ted Kennedy campaigning in Massachusetts in October 1970 (Large format sizes available)

Anefo photo collection. Series: Marriage Princess Beatrix Prince Claus. March 10, 1966. Amsterdam

Anefo photo collection. Marriage Prince Karl von Hessen and Countess Yvonne Szapary in The Hague. Arrival in the church. April 18, 1966. The Hague, South Holland

Duke Ellington, Lincoln Terrace Park, Brooklyn, New York.

USA, District of Columbia, Washington DC. A bronze statue of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt standing before the United Nations.

Mikhail Gorbachev (born 2 March 1931) Soviet statesman, addressing the supreme Soviet 1990

Anefo photo collection. Queen Beatrix 175th anniversary Dutch Bible Society Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam. Queens, Jubilee, Churches, Beatrix, Queen. March 17, 1989. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

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