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Historical images of professional men in formal attire, depicting early 20th-century fashion and portrait photography styles.

AUGUST VON WASSERMANN  German bacteriologist        Date: 1866 - 1925
AUGUST VON WASSERMANN German bacteriologist Date: 1866 - 1925
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Benito Mussolini (1883 ñ 28 April 1945) Italian politician, as a newspaper editor 1914
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Russian Prime Minister Ivan Goremykin (1839-1917). Russian prime minister during World War I and politician with archconservative political views.
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Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist, general theory of relativity, Nobel Prize, 1905 at the patent office in Bern, Switzerland, Europe
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Photographic portrait of Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, the British explorer, who discovered the Murtagh Pass, opened up Tibet to the Western world and was founder of the World Congress of Faiths.     Date: 1942
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Photograph of Orville Wright (1871-1948) an American inventor and aviation pioneer. Dated 20th Century
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Michael Arlen (1895-1956) British writer and novelist of Armenian extraction. Card issued 1937.
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Henry K. Hadley (1871-1937), American Composer and Conductor, half-length Profile Portrait, Photograph by Apeda N.Y., 1918
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William Edward Dubois (1868-1963) African American scholar, writer and civil rights activist.
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Giulio Raffaele. Photograph.
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GOMEZ CARRILLO, ENRIQUE. ESCRITOR GUATEMALTECO.1873-1927.
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Will Hays
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Raphaël Anatole Émile Blanchard. Photograph.
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Composer Jan Sibelius. Portrait, c. 1915. JEAN SIBELIUS.
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CANO, LEOPOLDO ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL.VALLADOLID 1844-1934 OLEO DE JOSE SANCHEZ PESCADOR TEATRO ESPAÑOL.MADRID. Author: JOSE SANCHEZ PESCADOR (1839-1887).
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10/31/1911. Portrait of Rudolph of the Quartelliers castle founder of the hospital for Tuberculosis.
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Matsui
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This is a portrait of Italian inventor, Marconi, born 1874, who revolutionised the world of communications with his wireless invention.  He received many honours, international notoriety and half the Nobel prize for physics before his death on 20 July 1937.
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Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquess of Anglesey Bt, (16 June 1875  14 March 1905), styled Lord Paget until 1880 and Earl of Uxbridge between 1880 and 1898, and nicknamed "Toppy", British peer, notable during his short life for squandering his inheritance on a lavish social life and accumulating massive debts. Regarded as the "black sheep" of the family, he was dubbed "the dancing marquess" for his habit of performing "sinuous, sexy, snake-like dances".  He con
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Former Czech Foreign Minister Explains "Deviationist Crimes" -- Dr. Clementis, former Czech Foreign Minister, who has appeared before a Slovak Communist Party congress to explain statements which he had made earlier before the central committee of the Czechoslovak Communist party. It is thought that the explanation will be rejected and that Dr. Clementis will possibly be the centre of another great "deviationist" trail in Prague. July 22, 1950. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).
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Portrait of French politician L_on Blum. 1930s
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09/30/1916. New Minister. The Hon. Mr. Juan Alvarado, who yesterday was appointed minister of grace and justice.
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Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, 1854 to 1925, British statesman and colonial administrator. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War, Volume 1 by Louis Creswicke, published 1900, 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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Axel Leonard Sundelius, from 1939, expedition manager at Gothenburg ILGODSEXPEDITION.
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Francisco Madero
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William Edward Fothergill. Photograph by Lafayette Ltd.
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Portrait-unknown. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.
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J.P. Quemper
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Russian musician, IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
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Mariano de Cavia (1855-1920). Spanish writer and journalist. Engraving.
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SIR LEANDER STARR JAMESON known as Dr Jameson  Scottish-born physician; adventurer and administrator in South Africa     Date: 1853 - 1917
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1915. Portrait of José Ferrer y Vidal.
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Regent Emir Abdul Illah of Iraq (Baghdad, during World War Two)
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GURIDI, JESUS. COMPOSITOR ESPAÑOL. VITORIA 1886-1961. REPRODUCCION FOTO.
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Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Paszkowski
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12/31/1929. Portrait of the writer Manuel Bueno.
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Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (23 April 1858) (4 October 1947) was a German physicist in the field of theoretical physics. He is considered the founder of quantum physics, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain photo by Hugo Erfurth
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LOUIS VICTOR, prince de  BROGLIE French scientist, in his  workplace.       Date: 1892 - 1987
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03/31/1915. Maestro Soutullo, Author, with Maestro Luna of the admirable score of "Amores de Aldea".
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'Felix Decori', c1893. Artist: Charles Reutlinger.
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Oscar Mathisen with medals
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Lord Carnarvon.George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, , styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English peer and aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Scanned from image material in the archives of Press Portrait Service - (formerly Press Portrait Bureau).
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MAX KARL ERNST LUDWIG PLANCK  German physicist and Nobel  prizewinner (1918) in 1925       Date: 1858 - 1947
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Portrait of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875 - 1926, Austrian poet and novelist, based on a sketch by Emil Orlik, digitally edited
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William Bateson (1861-1926) British geneticist. After photograph published 1914 when President of British Association for the Advancement of Science. Translated Mendel's studies and helped establish Mendelian theory. Opposed chromosome theory and Darwin's Natural Selection.
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Portrait of Richard Strauss around 1900.
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The Hon. Alexander Cadogan - The Earl & Countess British. November 24, 1947. (Photo by Wide World Photo)
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Professor John Anderson. May 08, 1943.
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Date: 1910-1915 - Al Jennings .
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12/31/1934. Portrait of Lluis Companys.
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GEORGES MELIES French film director (on the  left); first to film fictional  narratives using scripts etc. Photographed here with his  collaborator, EMILE COLE.
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Embargoed for automatic release after official announcement on Libyan Independence.Independence For Libya -- King Idris EL Senussi records the  proclamation of Libyan broadcast which was to be broadcast throughout his country on Christmas Eve. December 23, 1951. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) British poet, novelist and dramatist with his second wife, Florence. Photograph.
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Ashley Eldrid Havinden (1903 - 1973), advertising artist and poster designer, best known for his striking World War II posters for the Ministry of Information.  He was a director of the advertising agency W. S. Crawford, which he joined in 1921 at the age of 19.  His designs were signed simply 'Ashley'.     Date: 1955
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REVISTA B/N-EL MAESTRO TURINA.RETRATO-FOTOGRAFIA. JOAQUIN TURINA.
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