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Vintage Portraits of Politicians

Classic black-and-white portraits of historical politicians. Features solemn expressions, formal attire, and significant context.

Photograph of Daniel François Malan (1874-1959) a South African politician and Prime Minister of South Africa. Dated 20th Century
Photograph of Daniel François Malan (1874-1959) a South African politician and Prime Minister of South Africa. Dated 20th Century
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John Curtin 1885-1945. Prime Minister of Australia 1941-1945.Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev (1827 - 1907) Russian adviser to three Tsars. He became the chief spokesman for reactionary positions and the eminence rise of imperial politics during the reign of Alexander III of Russia (1881-1894), holding, between 1880 and 1905, the position of Ober-Procurator of the Most Holy Synod, the non-clerical Russian official who supervised the Russian Orthodox ChurchFrederick Bligh Bond (1864-1945), English architect, illustrator, archaeologist and psychical researcher. He was interested in psychic archaeology, worked on excavations at Glastonbury, and was editor of Psychic Science from 1921 to 1926. Date: 1910sPhotograph of Professor Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) Austrian composer. Dated 1950RETRATO DE JACINTO GRAU.Harry Donnan - Former Aust. Cricketer. November 1, 1954. (Photo by Frank Albert Charles Burke/Fairfax Media).DON PATINKIN (1922-) ECONOMISTA USA (CHICAGO). DON PATIKIN.Dr. L.J.M. Beel, Prime Minister of Holland. August 01, 1948. (Photo by Camera Press).Portrait Willem Drees, 1958 photograph Portrait of Willem Drees. Drees gave the same portrait to Queen Juliana at his resignation in December 1958. The Hague photographic support The HagueAnefo photo collection. H.A. Wilde, chairman KNSB (Royal Dutch Chess Bond). July 11, 1979Norris Dodd - U.S.A. January 1, 1951.Mr. L.A. Denison. January 23, 1953.Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States 1913-1921.Portrait of Ricardo Semper, Valencian politician of the radical Lerreuxista party, occupying several positions in the government. He became president in April 1934.Manuel Blancafort de Roselló (1897-1987), uno de los compositores catalanes más importantes del siglo XX. Año 1965.Anefo photo collection. Lou de Eelboer speaks for the last time in Frascati. During the meeting. August 1, 1967Professor H. K. Frenzel, (1882 - 1937), founder and editor of the German graphic design magazine Gebrauchsgraphik and leading authority on commercial art. Pictured at the time of joining the Berlin staff of the agency W. S. Crawford. Date: 1930Mr. Joseph Dainer. July 23, 1952.J Ahlström, Klippan. Photo in April 1946. J Ahlström, Klippan. Foto i april 1946.First track engineer Jarl Ståhle.James Alexander Lindsay. Photograph by H.J. Whitlock & Sons.ANTONIO LEYVA. LEYVA ANTONIO DE.Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) 28th President of the United States 1913-1921, Head and Shoulders Profile Portrait, Photograph by Pach Bros., November 191203/23/1993. Camilo José Cela in the Abc Journalism Master.Photograph of Maxim Litvinov (1876-1951) a Russian Revolutionary and Soviet diplomat. Dated 20th CenturyPortrait of Samuel Chamberlain ,. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection(Thomas) Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) 28th President of the United States of America 1913-1921 throughout the First World War. Suffered a severe stroke in October 1919 leaving him partially incapacitated. Woodrow at his desk.Major General Gilbert Savil Szlumper, CBE, TD (18 April 1884 - 19 July 1969) was a British railwayman, and the penultimate general manager of the Southern Railway. He was director-general of transportation and movements, War Office (1939-1940); railway control officer, Ministry of Transport (1940-1941) and director-general of supply services, Ministry of Supply (1942-1945).Elsevier photo collection. Prince Bernhard. undatedPortrait of Harry Truman around the time he was elected as FDR's Vice President. Ca. 1944. - (BSLOC_2014_15_15)Igor Fedorovich Stravinsky (1892-1971) Russian composer.Representative - Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House, Representative Sol Bloom. April 12, 1946. (Photo by Columbia Newsphoto).Bernard Baruch, who celebrated his 90th year in 1960, looks back on a remarkable career of public service of more than 40 years, as well as being a successful financier in private life. 1960. 1910 (CA.). Bjoernstjerne Bjoerson, last portrait of the great Norwegian writer.Portrait of Hubertus Johannes van Mook, Minister of Colonies, 1940 - 1945 photograph Portrait of Hubertus Johannes van Mook (1894-1965), Minister of Colonies. After the Japanese raid, Mook from the Dutch Eastern India fled to Australia and went to London from there. In London he became the Dutch Minister of Colonies. The line network in the photo was installed by artist Cor Visser. On the back of the photo are notes with pencil. London photographic support LondonMinister van Angeren, 1940 - 1945 photograph Minister Johannes Regnerus Maria van Angeren (1894-1959) was Minister of Justice during the Second World War. In May 1940 he fled as Secretary General from the Ministry of Justice to England and later succeeded Gerbrandy in London as Minister of Justice. In 1944 he came into conflict with the queen about the post -war police organization. After his resignation as minister in 1944, he became Secretary General again. Photo from the Cor Visser archive London photographic support LondonJohann Baptist Martin Theodor Wilhelm Anton Haberer von Kremshohenstein, also Hans von Haberer (12 March 1875 - 29 April 1958) was an Austrian surgeon, medical officer and university lecturer, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain photo by Hugo ErfurthRVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard. zd}Senator J.S. Collings (QLD). August 26, 1941.Brendan Bracken. January 16, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).Ricard Lamote de Grignon i Ribas (1899 1962), Catalan Spanish composer and orchestral conductor. Drawing by Bernadino de PantorbaPortrait of the Composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), Anonymous RONALD HARRY COASE (1910-) ECONOMISTA LICENCIADO EN HARVARD.Germany -- Dr. Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht, Former German Finance Minister, Explains Why Germany Was Beaten: 'Germany Lost The War The Day It Started. Your Bombers Destroyed German Production, And Allied Production Made The Defeat Of Germany Certain.De Valera Frees State Political Prisoners!Eamon De Valera, President of the free state, photographed shortly before the order was given for the release of prisoners yesterday March 10.One of the first acts of Eamon De Valera as president of Irish free state was to set free the men who had been sentenced by the Cosgrave Government for various political offences. Wild scenes were witnessed in Dublin yesterday when the news broke. January 01, 1932. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).Chile: Salvador Allende (1908-1973), 30th President of Chile (1970-1973)Dr. Louis J M Beel -- Dutch Prime Minister. December 08 , 1946. (Photo by The Associated Press Ltd.).Dr. John Chang Korean Ambassador to U.S.A. April 24, 1950. (Photo by Pictorial Department)RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard. 1956Paul Claudel, French Author. June 05, 1950. (Photo by Camera Press).American Politicians: Senator Norris Cotton -- A Republican, he is one of the two Senators representing the State of New Hampshire, member of the Senate Committee on Public Works. September 14, 1955. (Photo by Camera Press).Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd President of the United StatesPortrait of Hubertus Johannes van Mook. Portrait of a working minister H.J. Van Mook (1894-1965). During the Second World War, he was minister of colonies in the war cabinet in London. He belonged in the interbellum to the progressive forces in the Dutch East Indies around the 'De Stuw' magazine. Despite his views, he became a top officer at the Indian Government. After the raid of Japan, he went out to Australia and went from there to London. There he became minister of colonies. After 1945 he became the highest Dutch authority in the Dutch East Indies until he decided to dismissal dismissal from dissempt over the India politics of post-war cabinets. He then became a professor in the United States. He was in the period 1941-1948: Minister, Governor General of the Dutch East Indies. This photo is from the estate of artist Cor Visser.JOSE PUIG Y CADAFALCH-ARQUITECTO. PUIG Y CADAFALCH JOSEP.Everitt George Dunn Murray. Photograph, 1951.New U.S. President Calvin Coolidge after death of U.S. President Warren G. Harding, Washington DC, USA, National Photo Company, August 4, 1923JACINTO BENAVENTE (1866-1954) - NOBEL DE LITERATURA - GENERACION 98 - 1922. Author: SALA PEPE.Giovanni colombo cardinal, 60'sThe new President of East Germany, Herr Wilhelm Pieck. Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck (3 January 1876 - 7 September 1960) was a German communist politician who served as the chairman of the Socialist Unity Party from 1946 to 1950 and as president of the German Democratic Republic from 1949 to 1960.12/31/1959. Don Julio Casares Perpetual Secretary of the Royal Spanish Academy.***** Scientists: Dennis Holme Roberttson, C.M.G., M.A. Professor of Political Economy at ***** since 1944; President of the ***** Economic Society. Formerly ***** of Economics in the University ***** knighted in 1953. March 26, 1953. (Photo by Camera Press).Sir William Goodman. November 1, 1932.Luis Araquistáin Quevedo (1886 1959) Spanish politician and writer. Member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). In 1932 he was named ambassador to Germany and in September 1936 ambassador to France, where until May 1937 he took charge of buying arms for the Republican army in the Spanish Civil War.Soviet politicians:M.G. PervukhinA First Deputy Chairman of the U.S.S. R. Council of Ministers. October 12, 1955. (Photo by Camera Press).Washington, D.C.: May 24, 1946. Truman concluding a press conference about the ongoing railroad strike, declaring that if the workers were not back on the job the next day, he would call upon the armed forces to help run the railroad and protect the strike breakers.JOHN FORD.Eric Linklater, Novelist and playwright. June 30, 1953. (Photo by John Stephen Orr, Camera Press).Dr. T. H. Strong. October 22, 1951.French Personalities: Monseigneur Maurice Feltin.Archbishop of Paris since 1949. August 19, 1955. (Photo by Gisele Freund, Camera Press).Igor Stravinsky 1993 Artist Unknown Oil on canvas Collection of Archiv for Kunst & Geschichte, Berlin, GermanyWalter Ulbricht (30 June 1893 - 1 August 1973) German communist politician. secretary of the Socialist Unity Party, and as such the actual leader of East Germany, from 1950 to 1971Bertrand Russell during press conference in New York, Keystone Press Agency, 1950 photograph London photographic support gelatin silver printMax Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879-1964) an Anglo-Canadian business tycoon, politician, newspaper proprietor and writer. Dated 20th CenturyPortrait of the Composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), Anonymous AZNAR Y ZUBIGARAY, MANUEL , . ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL . ECHALAR 1894 - 1975. OLEO DE RAFAEL MORENO. ASOCIACION DE LA PRENSA . MADRID. SFGP / © KORPA. Museum: Asociación de prensa de Madrid, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: Rafael Moreno Pecino.Photograph of Colonel Adam Koc (1891-1969) Polish politician, soldier and journalist. Dated 1942Frederick Noël Lawrence Poynter. Photograph.Bela Bartok (1881-1945) Hungarian composer and pianistSir George Julius. February 15, 1937.Vasily Petrovich Nikitin (1893-1956) by Anonymous /Russian Academy of Sciences/Photograph/Russia/PortraitNACA photographer Portrait Russell RobinsonElsevier photo collection. Prof. W.F. De Gaay Fortman, Rector Magnificus Free University Amsterdam University 1966/1967 Wildeuin Centrum. September 21, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandPortrait of the Composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), Ozersky, Mikhail Abramovich (1898-1968)Levi Eshkol (1895-1969) on 5 New Sheqalim 1987 Banknote from Israel. Third Prime Minister of Israel during 1963-1969.Andreu Nin Pérez (1892-1937). Político y escritor catalán.Photograph of Len Deighton (1929-) a British author, military historian, cookery writer, and graphic artist. Dated 20th centuryBoys Town's Father Flanagan , Flanagan, Edward Joseph, 1886-1948, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United StatesALDOUS LEONARD HUXLEY English novelist and critic Date: 1894 - 1963Marcelino Domingo Sanjuan (1884 - March 2, 1939), journalist and politician of the Second Spanish Republic.President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954