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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
Prince Felix Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston (1887-1967), Anonymous
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Allan Shivers, Governor of Texas , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United StatesEarle Foxe (1891-1973), American actor, appearing in 148 films between 1912 and 1946. early 20th centuryWILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Date: 1871-1940W. Hartley. Photograph of W. Hartley, the leader 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 TiCarl Perron in Onegin12/31/1925. Portrait of Don Francisco Asorey.Juan Belmonte García (Sevilla, 1892-Utrera, 1962), llamado "El Pasmo de Triana". Torero andaluz.Ramón Franco Bahamonde (1896-1938), militar, aviador y político español. Miembro del vuelo del Plus Ultra de Madrid a Buenos Aires en 1926.Henry E. RoethePortrait of the poet and writer Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) by Anonymous /Institut of Russian Literature IRLI (Pushkin-House)/1952/Photograph/Russia/PortraitPhotographic portrait of W. H. Auden (1907-1973) an Anglo-American poet. Dated 20th CenturyRichard Alfred O'Brien. Photograph.Erzh. Albrecht.TS Eliot, American-born British poet dramatist and critic, c1930s. Artist: UnknownFLETA , MIGUEL. TENOR ESPAÑOL . ALBALATE DE CINCA 1897 - 1938.ROBERT EVANS.Michael Collins (1890 - 1922) Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th century struggle for Irish independence. He was Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State from January 1922, and commander-in-chief of the National Army from July until his death in an ambush in August 1922, during the Civil War.GEORGE CUKOR.Pieter Lieftinck, 1946 documentary photographs Portrait photo Piet Lieftinck with glasses and decoration on his lapels. photographic supportO Henry, pseudonym of William Sydney Porter, 1862-1910, American author of short stories. From the book The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, America, Volume 16, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedUrban A. WaltersPhotograph of Sam Altman. Bureau of Prisons, Inmate case files.Harden-Eulenberg Affair. Maximillian Harden (1861-1927) pen name of Felix Ernst Witkowski, German journalist and publisher of 'Kunfunt', whose accusations of homosexual relations between Felix Eulenberg and Kuno von Moltke gave rise to a number of libel tirals, and to scandal in the circle around the Kaiser.Mase Schropp.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.Photograph of Geoffrey Dorman (1926-1952) a British journalist and active member of the British Union of Fascist. The BUF was a fascist political party in the United Kingdom formed in 1932 by Oswald Mosley (1896-1980) a British politicianJ. SembachMATEO INURRIA (1867-1924) ESCULTOR CORDOBES. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.Harry Truman, the 33rd President of the U.S. at age 8. Ca. 1892. - (BSLOC_2014_15_2)Samuel Beckett, Anonymous Michele Bianchi, Primo First Secretary of the National Fascist Party November 1921 to November 1922Man black-and-white negatives, gelatin silver negatives, studio portraitsFrancisco Largo Caballero (1869 ñ 1946) Spanish politician and trade unionist. He was one of the historic leaders of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and of the Workers' General Union (UGT). In 1936 and 1937 Caballero served as the Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War.Alvin Karpis, was captured by J. Edgar Hoover and his men in New Orleans. His plastic surgery to change his appearance failed him. The mug shot was made in St, Paul, Minn. Ca. 1936.Courtauld After His Long Arctic Experience :A portrait of young Mr. Augustine Courtauld, showing him as he appears after his long ordeal in the arctic. He is expected in London this week. November 16, 1931.Harry TownsendWRIGHT, Wilbur (Milville, Indiana, 1867-Dayton, Ohio, 1912). American aviator. With his brother is credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903.Charles Ponzi (1882-1949), Italian American swindler, circa 1910s.CLIFFORD BAX writer Date: 1886 - 1962American Film Actor Roger Pryor, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, 1930'sB.B. Egorov. Photograph.Peter Ustinov. Sir Peter Alexander von Ustinov CBE FRSA (16 April 1921 - 28 March 2004) was a British actor, filmmaker and writer. He was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his career. An intellectual and diplomat, he held various academic posts and served as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF and president of the World Federalist Movement.Detective. Christian Boltanski; French, born 1944. Date: 1972-1973. Dimensions: . Black-and-white photomechanical reproduction mounted on paper, glass, and tape. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Franz Kafka, Anonymous RAFAEL PENAGOS (1889-1954) - FOTOGRAFIA REALIZADA EN 1919. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.Man, circa 1930s, Wellington, by Cuba Photographic Studio.FREDERIC CHOPIN (1810-1849) COMPOSITOR Y PIANISTA POLACO ADSCRITO ROMANTICO. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.Major Tom Harnett Harrisson, DSO OBE (26 September 1911 - 16 January 1976) was a British polymath. In the course of his life he was an ornithologist, explorer, journalist, broadcaster, soldier, guerrilla, ethnologist, museum curator, archaeologist, documentarian, film-maker, conservationist and writer. He was a founder of the social observation organisation Mass-Observation.Peppino Garibaldi (1879-1950), in the center, with his brothers Ricciotti (1881-1951), on the left, and Sante (1885-1946) in Paris, France, photo by Manuel, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 3, January 17, 1915.John Ronald Chesney. March 01, 1954.Aldous Leonard Huxley, portraitThe architect, Mr. Wells Coates, founder of the Mars (Modern Architectural Research) group, originator of the flatlet, designer of public utility buildings, such as broadcasting studios, laboratories, consulting-rooms and one of the most practical members of the slum clearance movement. Date: 1937JosÈ Calvo Sotelo, 1st Duke of Calvo Sotelo (6 May 1893 ñ 13 July 1936). Spanish politician prior to and during the Second Spanish Republic. His murder by a unit of the urban police force known as the Assault Guard and several socialist (PSOE/UGT) activists contributed greatly to precipitate the Spanish Civil War,Bela Viktor Janos Bartok (1881-1845) Hungarian composer and pianist, and collector of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. Halftone after a photograph.Grigory Zinoviev 1935. Bolshevik Revolutionary and a Soviet Communist Politician. Photograph of Theodor Svedberg (1884-1971) a Swedish chemist and Nobel laureatePhotograph of Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) an Italian politician, dictator, and journalist. Dated 20th CenturyFrederic Chopin 1810-1849 Polish composer and pianist. Music musician, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not StatedWilhelm Ehrlich. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.ALEKSANDER PETROVIC.Portrait of the poet Sergei Yessenin (1895-1925) by Anonymous /Institut of Russian Literature IRLI (Pushkin-House)/c. 1925/Photograph/Russia/PortraitPeter Voß (1891-1979) a German actor. Dated 20th CenturyTitta Ruffo (1877-1953). Nombre real: Ruffo Cafiero. Barítono italiano.idealized portrait of a Nazi party member 1930Photograph of Grover Cleveland. Bureau of Prisons, Inmate case files.Sergei Rachmaninoff at the Villa Senar, Anonymous Man; inscribed 'A J. Young Esq' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraitsRamon Gomez de la Serna, 1888-1963, Spanish writer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedWalter Gropius. State state plan Hamburg, collection of the history of photographyThe Composers Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950) and Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) by Russian Photographer /Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, Moscow/1933/Photograph/Russia/PortraitThree famous Romanian opera singers: Maximilian, Carussy and Ciucurette. From the 'Our Artists' series. Date: circa 1908Ramón Franco Bahamonde (1896-1938). Aviador y político español, hermano del general Francisco Franco.Wiley Post, left and Harold Gatty, seen here in 1931. Wiley Hardeman Post, 1898 - 1935. American aviator, the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Harold Charles Gatty, 1903 - 1957. AustralianPhotographic portrait of Rupert Chawner Brooke (1887-1915), the English poet, pictured c.1915. Date: 08/05/1915Erich Wolfgang Korngold (composer)CHARLES LAUGHTON. 1932.Photograph of Captain John Alcock (1892-1919) pilot of the first non-stop transatlantic flight. Dated 20th CenturyGARCIA LORCA CERNUDA Y ALEIXANDRE-GENERACION 27. CERNUDA LUIS. GARCIA LORCA FEDERICO. VICENTE ALEIXANDRE (1896-1984).HBolkestein.PortraT van Jascha Heifetz, Fox Photos, 1938 photograph London photographic support gelatin silver print LondonWilliam Babington Maxwell, 1866-1938, English writer, From the book The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, The War, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedPaul Hindemith 1895 - 1963 German composerPortrait 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 20636545Portrait of Thomas Alva Edison as a young man, c. 1870, digitally edited according to a photography by the Anderson Studio