Vintage Celebrity Captures

Snapshots of celebrities from the mid-20th century, framed in candid poses capturing their charismatic presence and stylish appearances.

ANDRE MALRAUX French statesman and art critic, photographed in 1945. Date: 1901 - 1976
ANDRE MALRAUX French statesman and art critic, photographed in 1945. Date: 1901 - 1976
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Camilo José Cela (Iria Flavia, La Coruña, 1916-Madrid, 2002) was one of the Fundamental Names of Spanish Narrative of the 20th century. Nobel Prize in Literature in 1989. He was also a unique character who did not mind appearing in this way in an interview given to ABC at his Madrid home in July 1977. Photo: Teodoro Naranjo.
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The President of the Italian Republic Antonio Segni reading some papers sitting at the desk of his study at Quirinale. Rome, 20th June 1962
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Anefo photo collection. Cor Ruys, 40-year-old scenic anniversary. The jubilee makes a tour through the part "the Gregory family" from Wynyard Brown with Cor Ruys in the lead role of Dominate Martin Gregory. The premiere goes on November 1, 1950 in Rotterdam .. October 28, 1950. Rotterdam, South Holland
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Thomas E. Dewey - U.S.A. March 21, 1947.
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William Faulkner (1897-1962), escritor y poeta estadounidense.
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Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish politician. London, 1975.
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Christian Dior (1905 - 1957), French couturier and founder of one of the greatest of fashion houses. Credited with launching the extravagent post-war New Look. Date: 1961
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Ubaldo Lay, 60s.
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Anefo photo collection. Supremerabin E. Berlinger (head). March 4, 1965
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Washington, D.C.: 1937. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, seated behind microphone, during one of his fireside chats.
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Anefo photo collection. The South Vietnamese ambassador for England and the Netherlands, Le Ngoc Chan at Schiphol. Diplomats. July 11, 1969. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Fred Thompson
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Anefo photo collection. Francois Mitterand, leader of the left federation. May 29, 1968
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Emlyn Williams Returns To North Wales - A very recent picture of Emlyn Williams taken at his London home. As Charles Dickens -- Emlyn Williams, The Welsh actor and playwright, recently had a very successful run simply by portraying Charles Dickens reading from his own works. Now Mr. Williams is returning to his native Wales-still as Charles Dickens. All proceed from the tour will be devoted to the Welsh nation the Eisteddfod. May 14, 1952. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).
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Jon Cleary - Australian Author. June 08, 1953. (Photo by David Moore).
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A man smoking a cigarette. Turin, 1970s
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E.T. Seton
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Chiang Kai-Shek - Deceased 1975 - Portraits. October 01, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)
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Chiang Ching-Kuo - Sydney. June 10, 1942. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.).
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Portrait of Don José Canalejas, around 1900.
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John Wolcott Adams
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Mr. Strandberg, Gävle, 50 years. Photo 1944. Herr Strandberg, Gävle, 50 år. Foto 1944.
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12/31/1949. An image of Antonio Cruz Conde.
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Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson; May 26; 1886 October 23; 1950) was an American singer; film actor; and comedian. At the peak of his career; he was dubbed 'The World's Greatest Entertainer'.
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1981. LLorenç Gomis Sanahuja (Barcelona, 1924 - 31 de diciembre de 2005). Poeta y periodista español.
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Portrait of Don José Canalejas dated around 1900.
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Senator Harry Truman in 1934 or 1935. The Wheeler-Truman Transportation Act of 1940, was the Missouri Senator's only legislative achievement in his first term. - (BSLOC_2014_15_6)
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12/31/1970. Juan Antonio Vallejo-Nágera in front of a portrait of his father Antonio Vallejo Nágera.
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Anefo photo collection. Unveiling portrait of Louis van Gasteren. Louis Van Gasteren for the portrait. October 10, 1961
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Soviet physisist, academician Dmitri Skobeltsyn (1892-1990) by Anonymous /© The Lebedev Physics Institute (FIAN), Moscow/Russia/Portrait
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Freud in his study at 20 Maresfield Gardens, reading his manuscript for 'Moses and Monotheism' 1939. Sigmund Freud (1856 - 23 September 1939); Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis. Martha Bernays (1861 - 1951).
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March 1983. José Maria de Areilza.
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Godfrey Talbot, Chief Reporter, BBC Home News. January 11, 1954. (Photo by BBC).
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Photograph of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) a French composer, pianist and conductor. Dated 20th century
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New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882-1947) speaks over WNYC on Grade A milk from Budget Room. Dated 1940
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ORSON WELLES in THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942), directed by ORSON WELLES.
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Ambassador Goes Shooting -- Sir Gladwyn Jebb, the British Ambassador in Paris, pictured during the shoot held at Rambouillet at which the French President was host to members of the Diplomatic Corps. November 8, 1954.
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Poll photo collection. The royal family at Soestdijk Palace. Prince Bernhard with film projector. "ca. 1947"}. Baarn, Utrecht (province)
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Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (May 11, 1891 - February 6, 1967) was the United States Secretary of the Treasury during most of the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He played a major role in designing and financing the New Deal. After 1937, while still in charge of the Treasury, he played the central role in financing United States participation in World War II.
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Anefo photo collection. Baron Van Lynden. May 6, 1952
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President Richard Nixon vetoing a $19.7 billion health and education bill. He told a nationwide television audience he vetoed it to avoid 'surrendering to inflation'. Jan. 26, 1970.
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Caruso
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Australian Is London's New Lord Mayor - Sir Leslie Boyce photographed at his home at Badgeworth Hall, near Cheltenham, with two valuable vases which were presented to him by Dr. K.C. Wu, Mayor of Shanghai, when he was head of the trade mission to China in 1946. Australian-born Sir Leslie Boyce has been elected London's new lord Mayor. In 1949 and 1950 Sir Leslie was the senior candidate, but was forced to withdraw on both occasions owing to ill-health. He served with the Australian Imperial forces at Gallipoli and went up to Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship. His election as the first "Commonwealth" Lord Mayor may result in the British Commonwealth being used as a theme for this year's lord Mayor's show. October 11, 1951. (Photo by Fox Photos)
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William Empson - Poet. August 01, 1953. (Photo by British Broadcasting Corporation).
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Fernando Germani - Position A. January 1, 1952. (Photo by Norman L. Danvers).
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Koki Hirota behind his seen, posing for a portrait by the German painter Ernst Linnenkamp. Hirota is the favorite aide of Mitsura Toyama, the head of the Black Dragon organization. After the military revolt' in 1936 he became premier for same time and signed the Anti-Comintern Pact for Japan. April 4, 1942. (Photo by Three Lions).
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John Morris, B.B.C. Far Eastern Programme Organiser, who is in charge of the B.B.C. Service to Japan. He also gives a news commentary in English to Japan three times a week. October 06, 1943. (Photo by BBC)
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Mr. Justice Coppel. May 23, 1952.
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John Betjeman, writer and poet, who broadcasts in many BBC programmes. November 10, 1953.
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Fernandel, 1962
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William Orville Douglas, 40 year old successor to retired Justice Louis D. Brandeis, before be was sworn in on April 17, 1939. He was appointed by Franklin Roosevelt and served until 1975.
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Alan Arkin, Publicity Still from the Film, "Popi", United Artists, 1969
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Photograph of Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Dated 20th Century
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Sir James Grigg, K.C.B., K.C.S.I., Secretary of State for War, broadcasting to India, in the BBC Eastern Service programme presented weekly by Lady Grigg, 'Women Generally Speaking'. December 30, 1942.
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Robert Riskin
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In the image, a photograph of Dalí with Don Quixote that he illustrated in 1945.
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RENAU , JOSEP. PINTOR ESPAÑOL . VALENCIA 1907 - 1982. CON RAFAEL ALBERTI , AÑO 1975.
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Lady Julius. December 21, 1936.