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Vintage Male Portraits

Classic black and white photos of men in suits from the mid-20th century, highlighting different poses and expressions.

Vintage photograph. Man in suit in tie with hand on chin looking off camera

Mladen Bumbak, 27, Yugoslav from WA. March 19, 1949.

Anefo / London photo collection. Portraits / Persons / Anefo London series. Major Mr. R.P.J. Derksema. {1940-1945}. Britain, London

Peter Cushing. July 19, 1948.

Stars: KING VIDOR.

Mortimer sings complaints: Sinatra rehearses While Lee Mortimer (left), New York columnist, sings a battery complaint against Crooner Frank Sinatra, the latter (right) rehearses today for his radio show tonight. The signing of the complaint followed a flurry of fisticuffs outside a night club last night in which Mortimer claimed he was knocked down and piled on by four men, includes Sinatra. April 09, 1947. (Photo by AP Wirephoto)

ENRIQUE JARDIEL PONCELA. NOVELISTA Y DRAMATURGO ESPAÑOL. MADRID 1901-1952.

KING VIDOR.

Mr FJ Duigan, 1937, Wellington, by Spencer Digby Studios. Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf Collection. Gift of Ronald Woolf, 1975.

John Germain a Barit one at The Elizabeth Theatre. July 21, 1938.

Anefo / London photo collection. Portraits / Persons / Anefo London series. Mr. A.F.K. Hartogh. March 1942. Britain, London

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD in the late 1920,s.

Constable Merryn David Campbell, ***** Central Court today, after being remanded until November 11 on charge of stealing £3 and £2/10/-. October 29, 1948.

Poll photo collection. Rijnvaart, report from Tugboat Duvo 9: West Germany. Portrait of H. van Gunsten. April 1, 1955. Duisburg, Germany, West Germany

Anefo photo collection. Portraits / Persons / Anefo London series. Dr. J.G. Beus, Prime Minister Gerbrandy secretary. March 1942. Britain, London

Nigel Balchin At Home -- Author Nighel Balchhin, now 44, is pictured here in his home. This author, whose books now sell in tens of thousands, has just completed a new novel "Sundry Creditors". He is also the author of "Mine Own Executioner" and "A Small Back Room". April 03, 1953. (Photo by Sunday Express Picture).

Portrait of Eddie Cantor

HUMPHREY BOGART. 1945.

Jonas Salk.

Man; inscribed 'F. H. B. Nixon' Esquire gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

WALTER BRENNAN.

Paul Lukas, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Uncertain Glory", 1944

Sir Reginald Ansett, Chairman Ansett Airlines of Australia. June 30, 1948.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Claus, 17-07-1967. July 17, 1967

Charles Dawes, 1932

Anefo photo collection. Rem Koolhaas, architect design city hall lags chosen. January 26, 1987

Ingmar Bergman. 1918-2007. Swedish film director. 1962

Earl Dela Warr. January 17, 1938.

12/31/1939. Portrait of Dionisio Ridruejo.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard. 1960

Manfred Clynes, Pianist. August 8, 1950.

Brian Chirlian - Photographer/Journalist - Personality. February 29, 1952.

12/31/1934. Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda of the Third Reich, one of the Main Figures of Nazi Germany.

Dal Stivens Aust/Author in Landen. January 10, 1955.

BUSTER KEATON. 1930.

Mr. James S. Duncan, C.M.G., Canadian Industrialist, Chairman of Australian - Canadian Association, Chairman and President of Massey - Harris - Ferguson Ltd., Toronto, Chairman of H. V. McKay Massey Harris Pty. Ltd., Sunshine, Victoria. July 10, 1955.

JAMES IVORY in A COOLER CLIMATE (2022), directed by JAMES IVORY and GILES GARDNER.

Mr RJ Lawrance gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

John Jacob Astor VI, 1935

ALEJANDRO NICOTRA (1931) POETA CORDOBES.

HUMPHREY BOGART.

Poll photo collection. Zegeis with MS Baleran Rotterdam Lloyd. Count of Registry, probably ambassador in Egypt. 1935. Cairo, Egypt

Werner von Clemm, was a German-American banker with high level Nazi connections. From his base in the U.S. he assisted Nazi diamond smuggling. Clemm was arrested on Jan. 28, 1942 and was sentenced to two years in prison. (BSLOC_2014_13_219)

Close-Up of Christopher Fry, the playwright. September 5, 1951. (Photo by Tom Blau, Camera Press).

Anefo photo collection. Reorganization at Gerzon; R. van der Vijver (new president commissioner), head. December 29, 1970

RAF VALLONE.

Italy's Enrico Fermi. September 22, 1954. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

HUMPHREY BOGART.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Claus, 23-06-1966. June 23, 1966

HUMPHREY BOGART.

Mr EF Hibbard black-and-white negatives, studio portraits, gelatin silver negatives

Jean Anouilh - French Dramatist. June 22, 1955. (Photo by Jane Bown, Camera Press).

George London, the Metropolitan Opera's new bass-baritone4 chooses hand-blocked leopard-print cummerbund, tie; Brooke Cadwallader. April 20, 1953.

PAUL HUBSCHMID.

Photo collection Government information service. Frank Marting (born 1890), composer. French Swiss. undated

Erich Maria Remarque (born Erich Paul Remark; 22 June 1898 - 25 September 1970) was a German novelist

Eduard Toldrà Soler (Vilanova i la Geltrú, 1895-Barcelona, 1962). Músico y director de orquesta. Dirigió la Orquestra d'estudis Simfònics, y la Orquestra Municipal de Barcelona.

Photographic portrait of Alan Patrick Herbert (1890-1971), British author, humourist, playwright and law reform activist. Date: c.1928

Fit and well. November 02, 1946.

Man; inscribed 'Mr. M. McCrae' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

Leading U.S politicians.James F. ByrnesRepublican, former U.S. Secretary of State under president Franklin D. Roosevelt. January 24, 1951. (Photo by Karsh, Camera Press)

JOHN FORD.

Elsevier photo collection. Prince Bernhard. June 1961

RAYMOND MASSEY.

Sir Warwick Fairfax. February 01, 1941. (Photo by John Lee Ptyl. Ltd.).

The Italian politician Dino Del Bo (Rinaldo Del Bo) standing in a study. Rome, 24th January 1958

12/31/1949. Albert Camus.

Photograph of James Watson (1928-) an American molecular biologist, geneticist and zoologist best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin. Dated 20th century

Actor Roland Young, Publicity Portrait Wearing Eyeglasses, 1940

Ingmar Bergman. 1918-2007. Swedish film director. Pictured here 1951 in his home writing on a manuscript Photographer: Kristoffersson/BE15-4

VITTORIO GASSMAN.

Frederick FORSYTH, born 1938, bestselling author of political thrillers including Day of the Jackal, 1971, and the Odessa File, 1972

JOSEPH COTTEN in THE THIRD MAN (1949), directed by CAROL REED.

Walter Gropius was an important German architect and the founder of the legendary Bauhaus in Weimar. He took on American citizenship in 1944. He had to emigrate in 1934 because his revolutionary past at the end of the First World War, as well as his ideas and commitment, threatened persecution by the National Socialists. Portrait from 1919 Together with Mies van der Rohe and Corbusier, he is considered one of the most important architects of the 20th century. contemporary history, historical

Aage Thaarup. February 27, 1939.

City Council Director, BRD, Ingvar Ringbom

Photograph of King George VI (1895-1952) former King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth. Dated 20th Century

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.

JAMES IVORY in A COOLER CLIMATE (2022), directed by JAMES IVORY and GILES GARDNER.

HOWARD HUGHES.

F. Freer (Victoria). December 5, 1946.

Mr Jim Broadbent, the Australian aviator, who is missing on his attempt on the Australia-England solo record. March 18, 1938

Hunter Bowman owner, trainer. February 12, 1950.

SAMUEL BRONSTON. 1943.

Fred Bolger. April 23, 1947.

Anefo photo collection. Kreuger (head), manuscript I Jan Kremer. January 30, 1966

Boris Pastenak, Russian poet and novelist. BORIS L. PASTERNAK.

Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungarian-born modernist, architect and designer.

Douglas Fairbanks jr (1909-2000), actor de cine estadounidense.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard. 1965

Edward Eamon De Valera ca. between 1918 and 1920.

Anefo photo collection. Michael Smirnovsky, ambassador USSR in London, head. August 16, 1971. Great Britain, London

1940S 1944 Portrait Ernie Pyle Lighting Cigarette

Photograph of Bing Crosby (1903-1977) an American singer, comedian and actor.

Possible Test Player -- A new picture of R.W.V. Robins. R.W.V. Robins, Middlesex and England, a Test selector, will possibly captain England against Australia if N.W.D. Yardley is unable to play. June 6, 1948.

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard back from New York at Schiphol. November 20, 1961. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Simone De Beauvoir, French WriterMiss de Beauvoir was awarded the 1954 Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize. December 20, 1954. (Photo by Camera Press).

Jack Doyle Attends British Boxing Board Control MeetingO.P.S. Jack Doyle, surrounded by reported after the Meeting.Jack Doyle, the Irish Heavyweight attended a special meeting of the Southern Council of the British Boxing Board of Control, at 68 Dean Street Soho, today (Wed) in conjunction with his fight with Gunnar Baerlund which has been called off. July 20, 1937. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.)

Man; inscribed 'Mr Hyams' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

12/31/1980. Arthur Penn, one of the Deauville Honorees, during the press conference.

Shimon Peres August 1923-present. Polish-born Israeli statesman. President of the State of Israel 2007-2014. Peres served twice as the Prime Minister of Israel

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