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Vintage Portraits of Prominent Personalities

Classic black and white photographs featuring well-dressed individuals from the early 20th century, presenting a glimpse into social history.

Theodore Roosevelt Testifying on his own behalf in the Roosevelt-Newett Libel case, Marquette, Michigan, USA, Photograph by Underwood & Underwood, May 26, 1913

CLARK GABLE.

A photograph of Bernard Lovell (1913-2012) an English physicist and radio astronomer, being interviewed by Donald Holms. Dated 20th century

Queen Louis and Lotta..

Crooner Crosby At Dover.Camera, Over his Shoulder Pipe in mouth, and a grin on his face, Bing Crosby arrives at Dover from the continent on his way to St. Andrews, Scotland,for the British Amateur Golf Championships Which open there tomorrow (Monday). On his arrival he was driven away in a car to a "Secret" destination... Thousands of his "Fans" who waited both at Dover and at London to See the Crooner were Unlucky. May 21, 1950. (Photo by Pictorial Department)

Theodore Roosevelt Testifying on his own behalf in the Roosevelt-Newett Libel case, Marquette, Michigan, USA, Photograph by Underwood & Underwood, May 26, 1913

Schevengue, The Hague, Netherlands Monsieur de Lacroix accompanied by Mr. Hymans, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Belgium , 1929 - Netherlands - Stéphane Passet - (August 17-31) (French - Scheveningue , La Haye , Pays-Bas Monsieur de Lacroix accompagné de Monsieur Hymans , ministre des Affaires étrangères de Belgique). Political figure, portrait, diplomacy, peace, repairs, man, Personality, human beings, international relations, First World War, Holland, The Hague, MM. Hymans, Minister of Aff. Strangers of Belgium & Mr de Lacroix

Justice Hugo Black following his confirmation by the Senate 63-16. With Mrs. Hugo Black. August 1937

New York, New York: c. 1937 Charles M Schwab, chairman of the board of Bethlehem Steel, arrives from Europe aboard the S.S. Queen Mary.

GEORGE SANDERS in FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

SPENCER TRACY in JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961), directed by STANLEY KRAMER.

Sudan Premier Meets Mr. Eden At The Foreign Office -- Mr. Azhari, Prime Minister of the Sudan, being greeted on his arrival at the foreign office to-day.The Prime Minister of the Sudan, Sayed Ismail El Azhari arrived in London yesterday for a three or four day's visit as a guest of the ***** government. He was accompanied by the Sudanese Minister of social affairs, Sayed Ali Rahman El Amin.The Sudanese premier went to the foreign office in downing street to-day, for talks with Sir Anthony Eden. November 9, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.)

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

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Portrait in Car after Easter Service, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, 1935

Jaime de Borbón (Jaime Leopoldo Isabelino Enrique Alejandro Alberto Alfonso Víctor Acacio Pedro María de Borbón and Battenberg) Voor Het Gare de Lyon in Parijs, Anonymous, c. 1935 photograph Retouched photo. Paris photographic support. ink gelatin silver print Lyon station

Elsevier photo collection. Princess Juliana Prince Bernhard Princess Beatrix. 1938

Anefo photo collection. State visit Bondspesident Austria 1961. Visit President Scharf to Rotterdam. Princess Irene with her new hat. 17 May 1961. Rotterdam, South Holland

GRACE KELLY, CELESTE HOLM and FRANK SINATRA in HIGH SOCIETY (1956), directed by CHARLES WALTERS.

01/01/1949. Don Jaime de Borbón y Battenberg at the Rome hippodrome accompanied by what would be his second wife, Carlota Tiedemann.

Madrid, 11/13/1969. In his official office at the Santa Cruz Palace, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. López Bravo, has awarded the Grand Cross of Isabella the Catholic to Mr. Joseph R. McMicking, founding member of the McMicking Foundation.

Anefo photo collection. Dutch colony in Palace Palvicini Queen Juliana and the prince received flowers. May 22, 1962

Ignacy Jan Paderewski 18 November 1860 ñ 29 June 1941) Polish pianist and composer, politician, and spokesman for Polish independence

Sir James Parr (High Commissioner for New Zealand) bidding goodbye to Viscount Galway at Liverpool Street Station, London, E.C., this Morning.Governor-General Designate of New Zealand Leaves.The Rt. Hon. Viscount Galway, G.C.M.G., D.S.O., the Governor-General Designate of New Zealand, and Lady Galway Left London this morning en route to New Zealand. March 7, 1935. (Photo by Topical Press)

Future President Dwight D. Eisenhower (back left), and future First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, watch the Republican National Convention on television, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, July, 1952.

Guglielmo Marconi and Alfred Goldsmith

Publisher William Randolph Hurst circa 1911.

Description: M.S. Williams and the Guatemala President, General Ydigoras. Location: Guatemala Date: 17 May 1960 americas

Elsevier photo collection. Prince Bernhard, Princess Beatrix Irene Soesterberg airport, left Helsinki represents Netherlands Chef's Mission Ruitersport Olympic Games. Princess Beatrix shakes hand Finnish envoy A. Ivalo departure. July 26, 1952. Soesterberg

12/31/1929. Four Artists from the world of Letters. From left to right, Dámaso Alonso, Luis Cernuda, Federico García Lorca and Vicente Aleixandre.

Elsevier photo collection. "Der Verede" nursing home Koudekerke Walcheren Queen Juliana. retirement home, queen offered patients, Mr. W. Spring, spent pitriets princesses. September 30, 1953. Koudekerke

ALESSANDRO BLASETTI.

Washington, D.C.: September 6, 1936 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivering one of his thirty fireside chats.

GROUCHO MARX.

Ernst Krenek, Unknown, Photographer

Portrait of Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940), American explorer and physician, photo by Fiorilli, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVI, No 38, September 19, 1909.

Washington, D.C.: October 19, 1926. A portrait of President and Mrs. Coolidge and visiting royalty to America, Queen Marie of Romania.The photograph was made at the Romanian Legation in Washington when the President formally called upon the Queen.

BING CROSBY in RHYTHM ON THE RANGE (1936), directed by NORMAN TAUROG.

Herbert Hoover at the White House, ca. 1917-20. As head of the World War 1 Food Administration, he cut U.S. consumption of foods needed overseas and avoided rationing at home. (BSLOC_2015_16_65)

RAFAEL GIL.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard with the Princesses Beatrix, Irene, Margriet and Marijke at Paleis Soestdijk. 1952. Baarn, Utrecht

Maxim Maximovich Litvinov (1876-1951), left, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, and Dino Grandi (1895-1988), right, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Italy, November 24, 1930, Milan, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, year LVII, n 48, November 30, 1930.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN in CITY LIGHTS (1931), directed by CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

U.S. President Gerald Ford walking with Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat, Sadat's wife Jehan and First Lady Betty Ford, Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, November 5, 1975

Congressman Heflin ca. between 1909 and 1919.

The Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Take time to sail during their visit to Austrailia in 1927.

El actor barcelonés de teatro y cine, Enrique Guitart, retratado en su casa de Barcelona el año 1959.

President Calvin Coolidge and First Lady Grace Coolidge at a White House Garden Party. June 3, 1926. (BSLOC_2015_16_37)

JEAN GABIN in MAIGRET AND THE ST. FIACRE CASE (1959) -Original title: MAIGRET ET L'AFFAIRE SAINT-FIACRE-, directed by JEAN DELANNOY.

Theodore Roosevelt.

Wendell Willkie, Soon-to-be Republican Nominee for President, Addressing National Press Club, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, June 1940

Queen Louis / Binoculars ...

John Barrymore in his half empty swimming pool, He says his creditors were kind enough just to let him have it half full

Franklin Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Portrait getting into Car, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, 1915

MANUEL FONT, J.V FOIX, SEBASTIAN GASCH, LLUIS MONTANYA, JOSEP CARBONELL, FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA, SALVADOR DALI, ALBERT CASSANYES - 1927. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. SALVADOR DALI. CARBONELL JOSEP. FONT MANUEL. GASCH SEBASTIAN. MONTANYA LLUIS. CASSANYES ALBERT. GARCIA LORCA FEDERICO. FOIX JOSEP VICENC.

Nazi Ex-Foreign Chief Is Freed -- Bohle leaves Landsberg in the afternoon of December 21.Ernst Bohle, Former Head of the Nazi Foreign Organisation, was one of a group of 60 Nazis serving war crimes prison sentences who were freed from Landsberg Jail, Germany, December 21.Bohle was serving a three to five years sentence. Like the others he earned a remission of several months for good behaviour.Asked about his plans on release, Bohle told Newsmen; "I have none, but I definitely will not go into politics again". December 22, 1949. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

George Raft 1939

First Lady Grace Coolidge, U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, Caro Dawes and Vice President Charles Dawes, Inauguration Day, Washington DC, USA, March 4, 1925

Hollywood, California: February 25, 1949 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are greeted by cameramen as they make their film reunion in "The Barkleys of Broadway".

Enrico Caruso (1873-1921), Italian Opera singer, circa 1910s.

Early 1900s Photos - President William Howard Taft ca. 1913-1917.

Norman Granz, jazz impresario and long-time manager for Ella Fitzgerald, c. 1947.

Elsevier photo collection. Prinsjesdag 1953. General. Queen Juliana expressing speech (photo television screen). September 15, 1953. Hague, South Holland

WALTER HUSTON in ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1930), directed by D. W. GRIFFITH.

HUMPHREY BOGART and INGRID BERGMAN in CASABLANCA (1942), directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ.

MARIE FALCONETTI in THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928) -Original title: LA PASSION DE JEANNE D'ARC-, directed by CARL THEODOR DREYER.

JIMMY DURANTE.

GOEBBELS (1897-1945) Y GUILLERMO II. JOSEPH GOEBBELS. GUILLERMO II DE ALEMANIA Y PRUSIA. GUILLERMO II DE PRUSIA Y ALEMANIA. GUILLERMO II DE ALEMANIA Y PRUSIA (1859-1941).

Opie Read, American Southern author, editor, newspaper man and humorist, c. 1920s. He smokes a cigar was on while on a tour of the Northwest with a Galaxy of Golf Stars (BSLOC_2016_8_137)

MARY PICKFORD in COQUETTE (1929), directed by SAM TAYLOR.

Bob Cummings, Alan Ladd, on-set of the Film, "The Carpetbaggers", Paramount Pictures, 1964

The Potsdam Conference, July 1945 The President of the United States, Mr Harry S Truman and the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill, MP, on the steps of the 'White House' in Berlin.

FA-236. Upon his mother sister and brother-in-law's arrival for a visit in Hollywood, Fred Astaire took them for a personally-conducted tour around the RKO Radio lot. From left to right, Dave Dreyer of the studio music department, Astaire, his mother, his sister Adele, and his brother-in-law, Lord Charles Cavendish. January 01, 1939. (Photo by Fred A. Parrish, Radio Picture)

Anefo photo collection. International environmental conference Peace Palace Hague. Prime Minister Lubbers, Queen Beatrix King Hussein (Jordan). March 11, 1989. Hague, South Holland

Photograph of Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973) meeting with Albert Einstein (1879-1955) at Princeton University, New Jersey. Dated 20th Century

polish diplomats call upon Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., May 9 1939. Count Jerzy Potocki, Ambassador from Poland, Antoni Roman, Polish Minister of Industry and Commerce, and Aleksander Bobkowski, Vice Minister of Commerce, who called upon the president

DAVID TOMLINSON in THE AMAZING MR. BEECHAM (1949) -Original title: THE CHILTERN HUNDREDS-, directed by JOHN PADDY CARSTAIRS.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN in BETWEEN SHOWERS (1914).

Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II (1926-) Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Dated 20th Century

CAROLE LOMBARD in VIGIL IN THE NIGHT (1940), directed by GEORGE STEVENS.

Elsevier photo collection. Queen Juliana visited Institute Social Studies former Royal Palace Noordeinde Hague, "old court". November 27, 1964. Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Celebration of the 25-year wedding party of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. Royal ball aboard the M.S. "Orange"; to board. May 2, 1962

Boston, Massachusetts: October 7, 1934. Charles Ponzi covers his face in his cabin on the S.S. Vulcan as he is being deported back to Italy after spending more than ten years in jails for his 'get rich quick' financial schemes that impoverished thousands.

ERNST LUBITSCH and JEANETTE MACDONALD in MONTE CARLO (1930), directed by ERNST LUBITSCH.

Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), American Birth Control Activist, Sex Educator and Nurse, Seated Portrait, Harris & Ewing, 1931

BURT LANCASTER and HELMUT BERGER in CONVERSATION PIECE (1974) -Original title: GRUPPO DI FAMIGLIA IN UN INTERNO-, directed by LUCHINO VISCONTI.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard is viewing a photo. 1943

Baseball Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis.

JOAN CRAWFORD in POSSESSED (1931), directed by CLARENCE BROWN.

Paris, France: March 5, 1949 Opera contralto Marian Anderson as she arrives in Paris after crossing on the H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth.

DOLORES DEL RIO; CEDRIC GIBBONS.

HUMPHREY BOGART in DEADLINE-U. S. A. (1952), directed by RICHARD BROOKS.

Anefo photo collection. TV sunny morning with Jacqueline Royaards and Philippe La Chapelle. August 8, 1962

Former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and Edith Wilson arriving at White House, Washington, D.C., USA, National Photo Company, August 1923

GARY COOPER in SERGEANT YORK (1941), directed by HOWARD HAWKS.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins leaving White House after recent Conference with U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., USA, Harris & Ewing, November 27, 1937

CHARLIE CHAPLIN in HIS NEW JOB (1915), directed by CHARLIE CHAPLIN.

Washington, D.C.: 1942. Eleanor Roosevelt as she appeared before a committee investigating civilian defense. She is the assistant director of the Office of Civilian Defense.

WINSTON CHURCHIL Y SU ESPOSA. WINSTON CHURCHILL.

Elsevier photo collection. Queen Juliana received journalists Pakistan Soestdijk Palace. April 24, 1953. Soestdijk

CHARLES LAUGHTON and MARILYN MONROE in O. HENRY'S FULL HOUSE (1952), directed by HOWARD HAWKS, HENRY KING, HENRY HATHAWAY, JEAN NEGULESCO and HENRY KOSTER.

JOEL MCCREA and JEAN ARTHUR in ADVENTURE IN MANHATTAN (1936), directed by EDWARD LUDWIG.

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