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Vintage Portraits of Notable Figures

A collection of vintage black and white portraits featuring men in formal attire. The subjects exude sophistication and reflect early 20th-century styles.

Photographic portrait of Manuel de Fella (1876-1946) a Spanish composer. Dated 20th Century
Photographic portrait of Manuel de Fella (1876-1946) a Spanish composer. Dated 20th Century
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12/31/1939. Enrique Jardiel Poncela.
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Anefo photo collection. Arrival Russissche referee Bakhranov at Schiphol. February 27, 1967. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Walter Hines Page, 1855 to 1918, American journalist, publisher, diplomat and US ambassador to the United Kingdom during the First World War. From The Illustrated War News 1915, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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RETRATO DE JOSE MARIA RODRIGUEZ ACOSTA 1878/1941- 1902. Author: JOSE MARIA LOPEZ MEZQUITA (1883-1954). Location: FUNDACION RODRIGUEZ ACOSTA. GRANADA. SPAIN.
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John Cheever, writer
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Photograph of Vittorio De Sica (1901-1974) an Italian director and actor.
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Yugoslav Politicians: Alexander Rankovic, Vice-President of the Federal Executive Council.The Yugoslav vice-president, Mr. Rankovic (pictured) yesterday accused East European Communist countries of reviving the anti-Yugoslav campaign.He said the latest Soviet bloc "peace action" in the Balkans was only a tactical move *****. August 03, 1955. (Photo by Camera Press).
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Henry Stephenson, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "The Baroness and the Butler", 20th Century-Fox, 1938
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Wolfgang Pauli, Swiss-American physicist of Austrian origin, taken in November 1945 in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Bransby Williams to-day's picture. At the age of 84 Bransby Williams is to make a West End appearance for the first time in 20 years. His come-back is to be in six special matinees at the Piccadilly Theatre just after Christmas. And Williams is delighted, for as he said to-day, it proves how wrong all the people have been who considered his single-act as "old fashioned" and without appeal for the theatre-goers of to-day. To prove his vitality this fine old actor, who has been on the stage for 64
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Oskar Nagel
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Frank Buck. April 02, 1934.
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Sir Granville Bantock Relaxes. - Chess is the favourite relaxation of Sir Granville Bantock, chairman of Trinity College of Music, London. This fine character study was taken yesterday at Menzies Hotel. November 21, 1938.
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Benedetto Croce - At 83, the great Italian Philosopher and Politician is still the active leader of the Liberal Party of Italy. March 03, 1949. (Photo by Camera Press).
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The New King of Afghanistan - Following the assassination of king Nadir Shah of Afghanistan his 21-year-old son Zahir Shah was proclaimed King. Practically the whole of Afghanistan has sent in its allegiance to the new king. The new king has had the benefit of foreign education. Photo: A recent picture of king Zahir Shah. (Photo by The Central News Ltd).
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Black and white photograph of Frederic Joliot-Curie (1900-1958), French physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1935 jointly with his wife, Irene Joliot-Curie (1897-1956).
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Portrait photograph of Franscisco Franco, Spanish military leader and statesman who became the dictator of Spain. He ruled from 1936 until his death in 1975. He was born in 1892.
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Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 in Prague - 3 June 1924 in Kiessling), portrait 1923 Franz Kafka was a Czechoslovakian writer of Jewish descent and is considered one of the most important writers of the 20th century. His best-known works are 'The Trial', 'The Metamorphosis' and 'The Castle'. Contemporary history, historical, Czechoslovakia
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Grigory Yevseevich Zinoviev (September 23 1883 - August 25, 1936), born Ovsei-Gershon Aronovich Radomyslsky, known also under the name Hirsch Apfelbaum, was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet Communist politician. Zinoviev is best remembered as the longtime head of the Communist International and the architect of several failed attempts to transform Germany into a communist country during the early 1920s. He was in competition against Joseph Stalin who eliminated him from the Soviet political leadership. He was the chief defendant in a 1936 show trial, the Trial of the Sixteen, that marked the start of the so-called Great Terror in the USSR and resulted in his execution the day after his conviction in August 1936.
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Major-General J.B. Glubb Pasha, Commandant Of The Arab Legion.Since 1939, he has been in command of this well-equipped and disciplined forces, the best Arab army in existence. A mild-looking man, Glubb Pasha - a major-general in British rank - has become present-day counterpart of Lawrence of Arabia. August 27, 1952. (Photo by Camera Press).
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Zaro Agha. September 11, 1934.
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Anefo photo collection. Ex-student leader Ton Regtien, head. 2, 1988
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Portret van Jascha Heifetz; To mr. Nico Meyer - Cordially, Jascha Heifetz.
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Lluís Companys (1882-1940), presidente de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Dibujo de Montserrat para la revista 'Mi Revista', año 1938.
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DR. ROBIN GEORGE COLLINGWOOD Historian and philosopher. Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford and fellow, tutor and librarian at Pembroke College. Date: 1889 - 1943