Historical Portraits of Notable Figures

Black-and-white portraits of various notable individuals from the mid-20th century, featuring formal attire and serious expressions against neutral backgrounds.

Mr. R. Cobden Chairman of York Motors Pty. Ltd. November 01, 1937.

Assets in this Story

Supt. W. C. S. Thompson, New chief CIB November 29, 1948. (Photo by Frank Albert Charles Burke/Fairfax Media).

12/31/1974. Emilio Botín Sanz de Sautuola.

12/31/1959. The writer Leopoldo Panero Pallarés.

Dr. Keith Barry ABC Federal Controller of Programmer. February 3, 1955.

Cecil Kellaway, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", Warner Bros., 1953

Belgian Personalities: Prince Frederic De Merode - President of the Belgian Red Cross. September 22, 1955. (Photo by Camera Press).

Elsevier photo collection. Calt's cabinet formation progresses. remission Defense Minister, P.J.s. De Jong. April 8, 1965

W. J. Allison. May 28, 1953.

Mr. R. Cobden Chairman of York Motors Pty. Ltd. November 01, 1937.

A. E. Barkell. October 23, 1954.

SYDNEY GREENSTREET.

Anefo photo collection. Minister Biesheuvel receives candidate ministers, The Hague, Dr. L. Stuijt (KVP), public health and environmental hygiene, head. July 2, 1971. The Hague, South Holland

12/31/1949. Julio camba.

Photograph of Sir Godfrey Russell Vick (1892-1958) an English lawyer, judge and Liberal Party politician. Dated 20th Century

Sir Miles Thomas. D.F.C.Chairman of the British Overseas Airways Corporation. November 4, 1953. (Photo by Baron, Camera Press).

SYDNEY GREENSTREET.

Vince Kelly - Sun Staff. June 08, 1954.

Personalities from politics, business and culture from the years 1965-71. Eirch Mende (FDP) d. 1998, DEU, Germany, Europe

Polish Politician, communist activist and de facto dictator of Poland between 1947 and 1956, Bolesaw Bierut (unknown date).

MAURICE CHEVALIER.

New British Ambassador - Today's picture at the Foreign Office, of the new British ambassador to Yugoslavia, Sir Frank Roberts. He succeeds Sir Ivo Mallet, who has been appointed to Madrid, Sir Frank is 46, and was a Deputy Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office. August 18, 1954. (Photo by Central Press Photos Ltd.).

John Farquhar Fulton. Photograph.

Cecil B. DeMille, former Producer-Director of America's Lux Radio Theatre says "Hullo Australia". This famous Hollywood Producer was heard when the Australian Lux Radio Theatre was launched with their first play "Interference" 1939. November 2, 1950.

Alfredo Arrebola. Festival de cante, Jumilla Murcia.

Guy Lombardo

Portrait of Samuel Chamberlain ,. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

JOSEPH ALOIS SCHUMPETER (1883/1950) ECONOMISTA AUSTRIACO.

Vintage photograph. Older bald man in suit and tie smiling wide.

New Soviet Delegate To United Nations Valerian A. Zorin He take over from M. Jacob Mailk as Permanent Delegate of the U.S.S.R. to United Nations. December 23, 1952. (Photo by Camera Press)

Bolesaw Bierut 1892 - 1956. Polish Communist leader. President of Poland 1947 1952

High-Ranking Officials Of The United Nations: Andrew Cordier, Executive Assistant To The Secretary General Of United Nations.Andrew Cordier served as special assistant to the secretary general of the United nations until his appointment as executive in 1946. He was born in Canton, Ohio on March 3, 1901 and received is A.B. and M.A. degrees from Manchester college, Indian, and his PHD. From the university of Chicago. He was an expert on international security with the Dept. Of state, and technical expert on the staff of the U.S. Delegation to the San Francisco conference. June 2, 1949. (Photo by United Nations Photo).

Anefo photo collection. TROS honors 10,000th paragraph A. Hamstra, the Lord Meeterop (head). August 18, 1965

Anefo photo collection. Cabinet information 1981. D66 chairman of the Zeevalking. August 4, 1981

Anefo photo collection. Drs. Bons, director De Bijenkorf, Order Elsevier. 14 May 1970

Joseph Post, deputy conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, will direct the orchestral concert at the Town Hall on Friday, August 20, at which Haydn Beck, violinist, will be soloist. Eugene Goossens is unable to conduct the concert owing to illness. August 20, 1948.

Sir Donald Cameron. (U.P.A). Political - Australia Cameron, Donald Sir. November 01, 1937.

Thomas Campbell Clark, Associates Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. December 1, 1949.

12/31/1966. Portrait of Matías Colsada.

Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), English film director, screenwriter and producer, head and shoulders portrait, Fred Palumbo, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, 1956

Robert C. Ruark American Journalist (taken at Premier). January 19, 1954.

Anefo photo collection. Persian, released in connection with poor health. December 5, 1959

Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author. 1928.

Edward Victor Appleton (1892-1965), English physicist. Artist: Unknown

Vince O'Reilly. April 11, 1949.

J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI

SYDNEY GREENSTREET.

Manvol Camacho - President Of Mexico. June 21, 1943.

Mr. Wilber M. BruckerWilber M. Brucker - United States Secretary of the Army. December 19, 1955. (Photo by Camera Press).

Anefo photo collection. VNO congress in Utrecht; Nr. 11a, 12a :, No. 13a, 14a:. May 22, 1980. Utrecht

OSCAR HOMOLKA.

Fernando Germani, titular organist of St. Peter's Basilica. October 18, 1955.

Dr. Thomas P. Quinn, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense for Command, Control and Communications. Country: Unknown

Anefo photo collection. Ponomanrenko, new Russian ambassador at Schiphol. October 15, 1959. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Man; inscribed 'J. B. Gusscott' Esquire gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

The 18th Party Congress of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) was held in Duesseldorf on 25 January 1971. Bruno Heck, Germany, Europe

JOSE CAMON AZNAR (1898-1978). Author: DOMINGUEZ FOTOGRAFO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

WILFRID HYDE WHITE in CHAMBER OF HORRORS (1966), directed by HY AVERBACK.

Sir Ralph Stevenson. April 26, 1949. (Photo by Walter Stoneman).

Orval Faubus (1910-1994), the segregationist Democratic Governor of Arkansas from 1955-1967, AR, 1960. (Photo by Council of State Government/GG Vintage Images)

Mr. John Fuller. January 1, 1930.

Senator Dennis Chavez - Politician U.S.A. April 8, 1946. (Photo by Wide World Photo)

Cecil Blount DeMille (1881-1959), productor y director de cine estadounidense.

Anefo photo collection. Six-daily congress of international red cross over protection of victims of domestic armed conflicts in Peace Palace, The Hague. Chairman of the Red Cross; GualTherus Baron Krayenhoff. March 1, 1971. The Hague, South Holland

Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973), 36th U.S. President, head and shoulders Portrait, Oscar White, Pach Brothers Studio, 1965

Vintage Photograph. Portrait of man facing to the right.

Portrait of Ted Geisel, author of Dr Seuss books

Joseph Bonanno, mobster, in the early 1970s.

Winner's Smile -- Sen. Alben Barkley (D-Ky), vice president elect displayed this smile at a news conference at which he predicted that the new democratic continued congress will give president Truman some authority to control prices. November 06, 1948. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Italy: Count Gian Galeazzo Ciano (1903-1944), Italian (Fascist) Minister of Foreign Affairs (1936-1943), c. 1938

12/31/1964. James Callaghan.

Anefo photo collection. Sylvain Poons plays a Jubilee role in the "married ..... or not" T.g.V. are 50-year-old theater anniversary .. July 24, 1967

Anefo photo collection. Dr. Frans E. van der Gugten, Chief Arts Netherlands Shipping & Trading Committee, head health service Dutch merchant merchant York. 1940-1945}

VINCENTE MINNELLI.

The New Roumanian Foreign Minister: A new and exclusive portrait of M. Victor Antonescu, recently appointed Foreign Minister of Roumania. October 14, 1936. (Photo by Kosmos Press Bureau).

A portrait of JRR Tolkein in The Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. During the 1950s and 1960s, CS Lewis and JRR Tolkein would meet here, along with their circle of literary friends known as The Inklings to read and discuss their latest work, including the Chronincles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings.

Anefo photo collection. Congress of the Metaal Bond NVV in the RAI in Amsterdam. Mr R. Baarda, Secretary ANMB. August 28, 1968

Anefo photo collection. Simon Wiesenthal signs his book Sailing of Hope in Bijenkorf in Amsterdam. March 27, 1973. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

EDMUND GOULDING.

Barry Fitzgerald, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Miss Tatlock's Millions", Paramount Pictures, 1948

BARTON, SIR DEREK HAROLD RICHARD QIMICO BRITANICO . 1918 -. PREMIO NOBEL DE QUIMICA EN 1969. REPRODUCCION FOTO. SFGP / © KORPA.

Gustav Moller

Ezra Wyeth (Prof.) - Former Queensland Cricketer Now Of U. S. A. - Personality. March 2, 1952.

IGOR SIKORSKI 1889/1972 INVENTOR DEL HELICOPTERO EN 1939.

Anefo photo collection. Press conference Minister Schmelzer of Foreign Affairs at Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, Schmelzer to the word, Kop /. July 6, 1971. The Hague, South Holland

Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900 1965) American politician and diplomat, noted for his intellectual demeanour, eloquent public speaking, and promotion of progressive causes in the Democratic Party. He served as the 31st Governor of Illinois, and received the Democratic Party's nomination for president in 1952 even though he had not campaigned in the primaries

ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

12/31/1949. Mr. Ramón Pérez de Ayala.

Jack Crawford. November 15, 1941.

Winston ChurchillBritish Prime Minister(1874-1965)

Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko. Chernenko was a Soviet politician and the fifth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he led the Soviet Union for thirteen months from 1984 until his death in 1985.

CLAUDE RAINS.

03/10/1955. The popular actor who has just arrived in Barcelona to participate in a film that will be filmed entirely in Spain.

February 27, 1963. The Hague Netherlands. British Prime Minister Harold Wilson gave press conference after discussion in The Hague,

ALFREDO DI STEFANO. FUTBOLISTA ARGENTINO. BUENOS AIRES 1926-. NACIONALIZADO ESPAÑOL.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade of Soviet Union, mr. Manzhulo at Schiphol. Manzhulo. 22 February 1982. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Icelandic Personalites: Professor Kristian Gudmundsson. Minister for Foreign Affairs. July 20, 1955. (Photo by Camera Press).

Poll photo collection. Zegeis with MS Baleran Rotterdam Lloyd. The Egyptian Minister of War: Hassan Sabry Pasha. 1935. Cairo, Egypt

Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), 33rd President of the United States, 1945-1953, Head and Shoulders Portrait, 1945

Walt Disney (1901-1966) Film Animator and Producer

Anefo photo collection. KVP party council in Arnhem, number 32 and 33 DRS. Schmelzer to the wordi. December 9, 1967. Arnhem

ROBERT WISE in THE BABY MAKER (1970), directed by JAMES BRIDGES.

John Torrio 1882-1957 was head of the Chicago Outfit in the 1920s until he was nearly killed in a 1925 assassination attempt after which Al Capone took charge. Torrio returned to Chicago when Capone's leadership was impaired by government prosecutions

Anefo photo collection. Mr. U. W. H. Stheeman, President of the Amsterdam court, and his successor to W. J. Borgerhoff Mulder (right) during boat trip, U. W. H. Stheeman. 24 May 1973

New York, New York: February, 1959 A portrait of poet, author, playwright and Harlem Reniassance leader Langston Hughes.

Portrait of then-Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson. Washington, DC, July 25, 1963.

The 18th Party Congress of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) was held in Duesseldorf on 25 January 1971. Rainer Barzel, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. List leaders for elections in AVRO's Televizier. Ir H.L. Haas (national interests). 13 February 1967

Photograph of Hendrik Verwoerd (1901-1966) former Prime Minister of South Africa. Dated 20th Century

Anefo photo collection. Training AZ67 for duel against Barcelona; Arie Lighthart (chairman AZ) (heads). October 17, 1977. Barcelona

ROBERT MITCHUM in THE AMBASSADOR (1984), directed by J. LEE THOMPSON.

HAL B. WALLIS.

Black and white photograph of British Statesmen; British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) giving the V sign for victory.

Irving Berlin -- Composer - Born: Russia, May 11, 1888. Educated : New York city public schools for two years only. Brought to United States, 1893 composer, "Alexander's ragtime band", "oh how I hate to get up in the morning", "what'll I do, "white Christmas", etc. President, Irving Berlin, inc. Photographed in New York City, Dec. 12, 1946. January 27, 1947. (Photo by Wide World Photos).

JACK LEMMON. 1982.

Edward Begley (1901-1970), actor de cine estadounidense.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Dr. J.J. Fouche (South African ambassador) Schiphol (head). February 4, 1966. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Hubert Humphrey United States Senator and Vice President

Anefo photo collection. Hassan Saby Kholy (representative of President Nasser at UN Council) at Schiphol. September 25, 1968. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

08/31/1926. The head of the Canadian Liberal Party, Mackenzie-King, president of the new government.

JOSE LUIS SAENZ DE HEREDIA.

CHARLES COBURN in AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS (1956), directed by MICHAEL ANDERSON.

Anefo photo collection. Press conference VNO in The Hague, VNO president of Veen during the press conference. April 15, 1981. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Book market in the Bijenkorf in Amsterdam. Writer Anton Koolhaas. March 28, 1981. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

WALTER MATTHAU in LITTLE MISS MARKER (1980), directed by WALTER BERNSTEIN.

02/06/1984. José Antonio Asunción Goñi.

RETRATO DE DON IGNACIO HERRERO- MARQUES DE ALEDO- PRESIDENTE DEL BANCO. Author: LUIS MOSQUERA (1899-1987). Location: BANCO SANTANDER CENTRAL HISPAN. MADRID. SPAIN.

Anefo photo collection. Saying goodbye president director ir. F. Philips. Jhr. H.A.C. Van Riemsdijk, President Director of Philips. May 26, 1971. Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant

RUIZ ALBENIZ , VICTOR. PERIODISTA ESPAÑOL. ( TBIB ARRUMI ). OLEO DE RAFAEL MORENO. SALA DE JUNTAS DE LA ASOCIACION DE LA PRENSA. MADRID. Museum: Asociación de prensa de Madrid, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: Rafael Moreno Pecino.

Anefo photo collection. J. William Middorp, the new ambassador of the United States in the Netherlands, arrives at Schiphol. Arrival and departure, ambassadors, portraits, Middendorf, J. William. July 8, 1969. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

PETER SELLERS in BEING THERE (1979).

Personalities from politics, economy and culture from the years 1965-71. Dr.Josef Neuberger (SPD) Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia d.1977, DEU, Germany, Europe

Photograph of Sir George Robey (1869-1954), English comedian. Date: January 18th 1928

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Head and Shoulders Portrait while visiting Senator Warren G. Harding and offering his Services during Harding's Presidential Campaign, Washington, D.C., USA, National Photo Company, June 25, 1920

Anefo photo collection. Johan Boskamp 75 years (portrait). January 5, 1966

RETRATO DE MANUEL BENEDITO VIVES (1875-1963) - 1961. Author: MANUEL BENEDITO VIVES (1875-1963).

WALTER BRENNAN.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard. 1969

Let's make a deal (OV2019_25)

Winston Churchill waving the V sign.

Anefo photo collection. Guilder letter for actor Hans Tiemeijer awarded in Arnhem. Here with price. November 27, 1967. Arnhem

Anefo photo collection. PvdA Party Council. Joop Den Uyl. September 27, 1980. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Plenipotentiary Minister of Japan Olympic Games Mr. Sato at Schiphol. October 11, 1963. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Ivor Brown, author and Journalist (Editor of the "Observer''), who broadcasts in BBC home and overseas services. December 31, 1948.

S70-45210 (14 July 1970) --- A candid portrait in civilian suit of astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission.

Anefo photo collection. Leonard Bernstein receives the Edison Classical. Leonard Bernstein in a relaxed pose. September 20, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Ralph Ellison, American novelist.

Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, Head and Shoulders Portrait, by Warren K. Leffler, 1961

Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet leader, pictured on the cover of Liberation, 1982, the day after his death. Brezhnev (1907-1982) was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and effective ruler of the USSR from 1964 until his death in 1982. The photographer is unknown.

Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918 - 1996) 39th vice-president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. He is the second and most recent vice-president to resign the position, the other being John C. Calhoun in 1832.

Anefo photo collection. Bert Haanstra receives silver rose in Hilton Amsterdam 50 years of the Dutch cinema association. November 13, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

CECIL KELLAWAY.

David Langton, Publicity Portrait as Lord Bellamy in the British Drama Series, "Upstairs, Downstairs", ITV, 1977

Spiro Theodore Agnew ( 1918 1996) American politician who served as the 39th Vice President of the United States from 1969 to 1973, under President Richard Nixon.