← Celebrities

Vintage Personalities of the 20th Century

Photographs capturing the essence of influential individuals in formal attire, reflecting the style and elegance of their time.

Prince Felix Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston (1887-1967), Anonymous

QUEROL , LEOPOLDO. PIANISTA ESPAÑOL . VINAROZ 1899-1985. REPRODUCCION FOTO.

Prince Felix Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston (1887-1967), Anonymous

Rodolfo Caruso

Youngest brother of H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester & The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry to wed - Lord George Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, 10th Royal Hussars.Youngest son of the late Duke of Buccleuch and the Dowager Duchess of Buccleuch and brother H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester and the present Duke of Buccleuch. His engagement is announced to Miss Mary Wina Mannin Bishop only daughter of Lt. Colonel and Mrs. H.O. Bishop of Harewood, Andover Down. Hants. Miss Bishop is ***** shown as ***** Bishop. September 27, 1938. (Photo by Hay Wrightson).

Photographic portrait of Clarence Hatry (1888-1965) company promoter, financier, bankrupt, bookseller and publisher. Dated 20th Century

William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) English playwright, novelist, and short-story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest-paid author during the 1930s

Elsevier photo collection. Lageman, humorist, died. undated

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Max Ernst, 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Prince Louis Ferdinand (Prussia)

Portrait of Fritz Reiner

Photographic portrait of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) a French composer, pianist and conductor. Dated 20th century

GIACOMO PUCCINI Italian composer stands with his arms folded with a cigarette dangling out of the corner of his mouth Date: 1858 - 1924

Sidney Drew, man, actor, celebrity, entertainment, historical,

The Prince George, Duke of Kent KG KT GCMG GCVO 1902 - 25 August 1942. member of the British Royal Family, the fourth son and fifth child of King George V and Queen Mary, and younger brother of Kings Edward VIII and George VI. He held the title of Duke of Kent from 1934 until his death in a military air-crash on 25 August 1942

Lord ALFRED BRUCE DOUGLAS writer, friend of Oscar Wilde (in 1929) Date: 1870 - 1945

Camera portrait of His Royal Highness the Prince Edward VII of Wales (1894 - 1972). Dated 1928

G.B. Foster

Portrait Carl Burrian

Georgy Efron, Anonymous

Portrait of an opera singer

Isidor Fisch (1905 - 1934) German business associate of Bruno Hauptmann, from whom Hauptmann claimed to have received a box containing gold certificates; those certificates were part of the ransom money in the kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.

Martin L. Davey of Ohio ca. between 1918 and 1921.

Mr. Fred Leslie

THEODOR SVEDBERG Swedish chemist Date: 1884 - 1971

Richard Tauber

Portrait van Eugen Wachenheimer, 1906-1931, Anonymous, 1906 - 1931 photograph Portrait van Eugen Wachenheimer. photographic support gelatin silver print

Portrait of Philippe Duc d'Orleans (1869-1926), eldest son of the Count of Paris and claiming the throne of France in 1894. Anonymous. Portrait of Philippe Duc d'Orleans (1869-1926), eldest son of the Count de Paris and claiming the throne of France in 1894. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. Around 1890.

GUGLIELMO MARCONI Italian inventor Date: 1874 - 1937

Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (25 April 1874 - 20 July 1937) was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Jacob Schaeffer World's Great Billiard Star. Season 1921-1922. United States and Europe.

Sir Alexander Cruikshank Houston. Photograph by Whitlock & Sons.

Jose Raul Capablanca y Graupera 1888 - 1942 Cuban world-class chess player diplomat and chess writer World chess champion 1921 - 1927 Illustration from Chess Pie No3 The Official Souvenir International Tournament published 1936

Elsevier photo collection. Bart lobster, actor. 1925

A portrait of the Duke of York (later King George VI), son of King George V and Queen Mary.

Russian poet Nikolay Gumilyov (1886-1921), Anonymous

MACK SENNETT.

Giovanni Zenatello

Poet Nikolay Makarovich Oleynikov (1898-1937), Anonymous

Edmund Goulding, British film director, 1933. Artist: Unknown

Vicente Huidobro (1893-1948), poeta chileno.

GEORGE, DUKE OF KENT Son of George V Date: 1902 - 1942

Hon Nicola Sansanelli, Secretary of the National Fascist Party from 1 November 1922-15 October 1923

Frank C. Butterworth.

Portrait of Nico Treep, Anonymous, 1928 - 1945 photograph This photo is part of a cover with ten photos. baryta paper gelatin silver print historical persons

Fabric rain - artistic director - portrait. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Property of Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France Mr. Adams, son , (French - Propriété d' Albert Kahn , Boulogne , France Monsieur Adams , fils). shipwrecked image, portrait, man, Human being, France , Boulogne , Portraits , Mr Adams fils

Poet Vasily Alekseevich Komarovsky ca. 1900.

Johannes Schmidt (1908-1976), agent of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) of the SS, 1935

NOEL COWARD English playwright, actor and composer, pictured in 1925. Date: 1899 - 1973

William Jennings Bryan, Democratic party presidential candidate. Cabinet card, Oct 3, 1896

JARDIEL PONCELA, ENRIQUE. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL MADRID 1901-1952. REPRODUCCION FOTOGRAFIA.

Marius Goring in the film Consider Your Verdict. Marius Re Goring, CBE FRSL (23 May 1912 - 30 September 1998) was an English stage and screen actor.

Franz Kafka, Anonymous

Jack Pickford (1896-1933), Canadian-born American actor, early 20th century. Artist: Unknown

David Selznick, formed 'Selznick International Pictures,' in 1935. The studio produced several classic Hollywood films , winning the best picture Oscar GONE WITH THE WIND, 1939, and REBECCA, 1940 (BSLOC_2020_2_23)

Black and white photo of Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), Head of Propaganda.

Photographic portrait of Theodor Habicht (1898-1944) leading political figure in Nazi Germany. Dated 20th Century

Edward Everett Horton (1886-1970), actor de cine estadounidense.

James Basil Buxton. Process print.

Fredrick A. Dunfey , Posing. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Jean Guérin , 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Portrait of the author Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) by Anonymous /Museum of the Moscow Art Theatre/1920/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

Ricardo Calvo Agostí (Madrid, 1875-1966), actor y director español.

Michel Fokine by Anonymous /Private Collection/c. 1909/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

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

ENRIQUE JARDIEL PONCELA (1901-1952) ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL.

Josef Josephi, tenor, actor, Rudolf Krziwanek -, photographer

Aviator Gilbert

03/31/1917. A horrible crime. The Blood Drinkers. Ramón Cuervo, author of the death of the child Manuel Torres. Photo: Alonso Robes -Approximate date.

Subject: David Young Cameron, Scottish, 1865-1945, David YoungCameron, Gold chloride toned albumen print, image: 20.4 × 15.6 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.); sheet: 20.4 × 15.6 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/8in.), British, 19thcentury, Works on Paper -Photographs

Portrait of Paul Huf; Paul HUF actor and declamateur. .

LAGARTIJO. RAFAEL MOLINA. MATADOR DE TOROS ESPAÑOL.CORDOBA 1841 - 1900. FOTO DE LA EPOCA.

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Paul Morand, 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

02/01/1908. Portrait of the tenor Leonid Sobinov. The latest "debuts" of the Teatro Real.

Pencil sketch of William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil (1893-1961) Governor-General of Australia, was born in Scotland and educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh. Dated 1927

El escritor y periodista Josep Pla. Museum: Museu Casa Verdaguer, Barcelona.

12/31/1934. Fernando Dominguez.

RALPH BELLAMY.

Patrick Creighton Hale FitzGerald Senior ('Creighton Hale') (1882-1965) - American silent film actor. A Pathe Serial Star. Starred in 'The Exploits of Elaine' with Pearl White (1914). circa 1915

Max Eastman

Portrait of the theatre director Alexander Tairov (1885-1950) by Anonymous /The State Central A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow/1910s/Photograph/Russia/Opera, Ballet, Theatre,Portrait

Camera portrait of His Royal Highness the Prince Edward VII of Wales (1894 - 1972). Photograph taken by Hugh Cecil, also known as, Hugh Cecil Saunders (1890 - 1974). Dated 1927

Einar, 1925. Einar, 1925.

1930. Portrait of Ramón Gómez de la Serna.

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Pierre Mac Orlan , 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

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.

D. W. GRIFFITH.

Arthur V. Johnson (1876-1916) - American silent film star. In 1911 he accepted an offer from Lubin Studios in Philadelphia that allowed him to direct as well as act. circa 1911

Photograph of Dennistoun Burney (1888-1968) an English aeronautical engineer, private inventor and Conservative Party politician. Dated 20th Century

Dr. R W. Cilento. August 24, 1932.

Hermann Esser (29 July 1900 7 February 1981) was an early member of the Nazi party, who entered in 1920 with Adolf Hitler. A journalist, Esser was the editor of the Nazi paper, Völkischer Beobachter, and a Nazi member of the Reichstag. In the early history of the party, he was Hitler's de facto deputy.

Rinya Kawamura. Photograph.

Portrait Ernst Waldow (1893-1964; Actor). Photography (World postcard with autograph verso, referred to Dresden, Juli-27). Dresden, 1927

Description: Edward Barry Esquire, C.M.G., O.B.E. Commissioner for native affairs 1946-1947. Chief Secretary to the Government 1947-1948. Date: 1946 africa

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875 - 11 February 1940) British novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. After a brief legal career, Buchan simultaneously began his writing career and his political and diplomatic careers. He eventually wrote propaganda for the British war effort during the First World War. He was elected Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities in 1927, but he spent most of his time on his writing career, notably writing The Thirty-Nine Steps and other adventure fiction

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Jimmy Butler , 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Photographic portrait of Marcel Mihalovici (1898-1985) a French composer. Dated 20th Century

A. Cooper, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Serguei Sergueievich Proköfiev (Sontsovka, 1891-Moscú, 1953). Compositor y pianista ruso. SERGEI PROKOFIEV.

of 3