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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
Prince Felix Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston (1887-1967), Anonymous
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AMADO NERVO - 1870/1919 - ESCRITOR MEXICANO.Spanish civil war: Onesimus Redondo Ortega ( Quintanilla Onesimus, Valladolid, 1905, February 16 - Labajos, Segovia, 1936, July 24 ) Spanish Falangist FascistPortrait of Galazzo Ciano, husband Edda Mussolini, Keystone Press Agency, 1930 photograph unknown photographic support gelatin silver printMUÑOZ ROMAN , JOSE. ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. CALATAYUD 1903 - 1968. REPRODUCCION FOTO.The fading career of Antonio Moreno, who entered films in 1913Kurt Julian Weill (1900-1950), German musician André CapletPhotographic portrait of Tom McCoy, a Pinkerton detective. Dated 19th CenturyW. T. Bralley. Photograph of W. T. Bralley, a member of the Titanic's band of eight musicians and one of the many men that died at their post when the ship sank on April 15th, 1912. The band played on until the water was over their feet. Titanic was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast Ireland during 1910 - 1911 and sank after striking an iceberg off the coast of New Foundland during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York, USA, with the loss of 1,522 passengers and crew. (Photo bPhotographic portrait of Johann Sæmundsson, an Icelandic author. Dated 20th CenturyMaarten Maartens, Dutch author, 1914.Artist: MendelssohnRubber print photograph by Nicola Perscheid showing Max Reinhardt, produced on box format.Rod la Rocque (1896-1969), American actor, 1928.Artist: WD & HO WillsItalian aviator Francesco Almerigi.Station writer Claes Aug Hans Virgin.John Silas Reed (1887-1920), American Journalist, Poet, and Communist Activist, Pirie MacDonald, 191601/01/1920. Mr. Felix Graupera, president of the Barcelona Employers' Association, injured in the recent attack.John Purroy Mitchel, Pach Bros. N.Y.Portrait of the Poet Nikolay Gumilyov (1886-1921) by Nappelbaum, Moisei Solomonovich (1869-1958)/The State Museum of A.S. Pushkin, Moscow/1920/Photograph/Russia/PortraitIdentified victim of the Northampton blazing car is ***** to be Thomas Waite, a Welsh miners Thomas Waite, the missing man. September 21, 1940.Pandit Nehru, Prime Minister of India, on a visit to London in 1949. Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 - 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat and author who was a central figure in India during the middle third of the 20th century. Upon India's independence in 1947, he served as the country's prime minister for 17 years.Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.Gilbert Bedford. March 18, 1947. (Photo by Mirror Features).EDWARD, Prince of Wales, 1894-1972, (as a young boy in the year of his investiture), later to become King Edward VIII, photograph 1911A. ShanklinA. S. M. Hutchinson. Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson (2 June 1879 - 14 March 1971), commonly known by his initials A. S. M. Hutchinson, was a British novelistMan studio portraits, portraits, black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negativesElsevier photo collection. Paul Comly French, the Executive Director of the World Organization C.A.R.E. UndatedRichard Harding Davis, 1864, 1916, American writer and journalist. From the book The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, America, Volume 16, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedGelatin silver print - Portrait of an unidentified man, Montreal, Quebec, 1907-1910 Albert Dumas (1880-1951)Alexander Kerensky (1881 1970)Russian politician. Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government until the October Revolution in 1917Robert Donat (1905-1958) an English film and stage actor. Dated 20th CenturyPortrait of Johannes SembachTrack guard Johan Gustavsson.This photo dates to the early 1920s and show a Portuguese American living in New Bedford, Massachusetts, dressed as an usher in a a wedding. He immigrated to the United States in 1914 and was in Boston University School of Law.Ralph Bellamy (1904 - 1991), American actor in screen and television.GITANILLO DE TRIANA. MATADOR DE TOROS ESPAÑOL.Alexander Knox, Three-Quarter Length Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Paula", Columbia Pictures, 1952George Reginald Carline. Photograph, 1926.Photographic portrait of Lluis Nicolau d'Olwer (1888-1961) a Catalan politician of the Second Spanish Republic and writer. Dated 20th CenturyFrancesco Giunta (21 March 1887 - 8 June 1971) was an Italian Fascist politician. An early member of the Italian fascist movement, he was the leader of Fascio in Florence before being sent to Trieste in 1920 to work under Gabriele D'Annunzio. he became the propaganda chief in Fiume. Giunta gained fame in March 1922 when he followed the example of D'Annunzio by staging a coup in the Free State of Fiume. He became national secretary of the National Fascist Party in succession to Michele Bianchi in 1923. Later undersecretary in the cabinet office.Crime Passionnel trial opensThe trial of 40-year old Yvonne Chevalier on a charge of murdering her Cabinet Minister husband Dr. Pierre Chevalier (here with), opened at Reims today It promises to be one of the most impassioned trials of recent years. November 05, 1952.Portrait of Pol Cassel (1892-1945, painter, graphic artist)Portrait of an unknown woman.King Edward VIII of Great Britain and the Commonwealth(1894 - 1972). Prior to his abdication. Date: 1936Aubrey Beardsley, Evans, Frederick Henry (1853-1943)Berenice Abbott, Portrait of George Antheil, 1927, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.Portrait of Eddie Cantor1925 (ca.). Portrait of the poet León Felipe.Portrait of Pablo Casals (1876-1973) a Spanish cellist and conductor. Dated 20th CenturyPortrait of Carel Willink in long white coat, Anonymous, c. 1930 photograph unknown paper. photographic support gelatin silver print historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life)Ingemar, the only son of Per Erik Andersson, who was a station man at Långsjön during the years 1913-1945.Portrait of the author Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) by Anonymous /Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, Moscow/1930s/Photograph/Russia/PortraitPortrait of Carel Willink in long white jacket.Mrs Bethel Ngaio Coupon studio portraits, portraits, black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negativesPhil. MillerAndrew Irvine (1902-1924) during his college years at Merston (Oxford)Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Hans Coray, 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.President Franklin Roosevelt in his White House study with his trademark long cigarette holder. 1943.MINUTO. ENRIQUE VARGAS. MATADOR DE TOROS ESPAÑOL.Winston Churchill (1874-1965) - British statesman and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Date: 1906Prince Felix Youssoupoff came from a wealthy, aristocratic Russian family (1886-1967) and was a distant relative of the Tsar. In 1916, along with four other Russian aristocrats, he was responsible for the murder of Grigori Rasputin, the holy monk who exerted heavy influence on the Imperial couple, particularly the Tsaritsa, Alexandra who believe Rasputin could cure her haemophiliac son, Alexei. Youssopoff's memoirs report on the murder of Rasputin vividly and perhaps exaggeratedly. The YoussoGregory Yevseevich Zinoviev 1883 - 1936) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet Communist politician.Ivor Novello (183-1951), Welsh composer, singer and actor, c1920s. Artist: UnknownEarl of YarmouthGrigory Yevseevich Zinoviev (1883 1936), a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet Communist politician.JOHN CROMWELL.Portrait of the Italian writer and journalist Guido Lopez.Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Philippe Soupault, 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.Portrait of H A Strömberg, retired from Trafikaktiebolaget Grängesberg - Oxelösund Railways, TGOJ.Harold Arthur Thomas Fairbank. Photogravure.Portrait of the Composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) by Anonymous /State Museum of Theatre and Music, St Petersburg/1930s/Photograph/Russia/PortraitAlbert Chevalier, Symphony HallCopy of a portrait of a man, circa 1940s, Wellington, by Cuba Photographic Studio, William Vinsen.Ira B. Arnstein. Portraits, Clippings, Photographs. 1907-06. Music Division. Composers, Arnstein, Ira BG. Krins. Photograph of G. Krins, a member of the Titanic's band of eight musicians and one of the many men that died at their post when the ship sank on April 15th, 1912. The band played on until the water was over their feet. Titanic was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast Ireland during 1910 - 1911 and sank after striking an iceberg off the coast of New Foundland during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York, USA, with the loss of 1,522 passengers and crew. (Photo by Titanic Portrait of Pablo Casals (1876-1973) a Spanish cellist and conductor. Dated 20th CenturySir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, 1874 ñ 24 January 1965. British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955Eduard Benes 1884-1948 Czechoslovak states: President of Czechoslovakia 1935-1938, 1941-1945 in exile, 1946-1948, when he resigned after a communist coup. Halbton., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date not statedDC Schütz, MalmöRupert Brooke,1887-1915. English poet.Engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sherril Schell,1877-1964.Mischa ElmanXavier, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, known before 1974 as Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma (Francisco Javier de BorbÛn Parma y de Braganza. 1889 ñ 1977. was the head of the ducal House of Bourbon-Parma, pretender to the defunct throne of Parma, and Carlist claimant to the royal throne of Spain under the name (Francisco) Javier IGeneral Eisenhower As A Schoolboy -- Dwight David Eisenhower as Senior in Abilene, Kansas, High School; aged 14. December 13, 1945. (Photo by Pictorial Press).Dressler - Andres - Portrait. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.Portrait of Frederick Delius (1862-1934) by Anonymous /Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek/1907/Photograph/PortraitWalter Georg Alfred Hasenclever (8 July 1890 - 21 June 1940) was an expressionist German writer, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain photo by Hugo ErfurthR.A. LongANTONIO MORENO.ALS ALFREDO GERMONT PATTEZA TINOFrancesco Neri. Photograph by La Luminosa, Rome, 1932.Jack SharkeyF.O. Lindquist, MichJack Hobbs (Sir John Berry Hobbs), English cricketer (1882-1963)ROUBEN MAMOULIAN.Alexander Sverjensky. May 07, 1943.JACK LONDON American writer, in 1903 Date: 1876 - 1916ANTHONY HOPKINS in 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD (1987), directed by DAVID HUGH JONES.Enrique Jardiel Poncela in 1948.Portrait of Franz Kafka, 1883 1924, German-speaking Bohemian novelist, digitally edited according to a photograph taken 1923 Portrait of Franz Kafka, 1883 1924, German-speaking Bohemian novelist, digitally edited according to a photograph taken 1923 Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 20636415