Historic Female Figures

Black and white portraits of women from the 20th century, showcasing formal attire, jewelry, and traditional hairstyles. The mood reflects elegance and sophistication.

Personalities from politics, economy and culture from the years 1965-71. Prof.Dr. Hanna Toepfer (GDR) d. 1990, DEU, Germany, Dortmund, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana during speech for television about road safety. October 12, 1960

Anefo photo collection. Mrs. M.A. Muller-Van Ast (PvdA). February 16, 1981

Lunch rounds & Romanos Mrs H. Brassey. November 16, 1954. (Photo by Hugh Clunies-Ross/Fairfax Media)

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Queen Juliana, 1969. 1969

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Queen Beatrix. 1987

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Queen Juliana, 1962. 1962

Elsevier photo collection. Queen Juliana. April 1958

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Margriet in Palace Soestdijk, 1962. 1962

Doris Lessing.

Personalities from politics, economy and culture from the years 1965-71. Prof.Dr. Hanna Toepfer (GDR) d. 1990, DEU, Germany, Dortmund, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Portrait Princess Margriet 19-1-1964, 21 years old. January 8, 1964

Cowdrey Promise Costs £1 A Minute -- At 10.30.a.m. today (Wednesday) England Test cricketer Colin Cowdrey kept a promise and phoned his friend, Miss Penelope Chiesman (seen here in a recent photograph) at her home at Chislehurst, Kent.For at was Penelope's 22nd birthday, and Colin and promised to 'phone his congratulations and wishes, despite the £1 a minute cost of the call.Congratulations, of course, became a two-day affair as Penelope told the batsman of England's delight at the match victory which secured the Ashes for another year. February 02, 1955. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

"Mary Of Arnhem" In Allied Hands First Pictures - Every man who fought on the Western Front and listened to "Mary of Arnhem" will be interested in his picture, which shows her smiling disarmingly during an interview following her detention by the Allies. "Mary of Arnhem" is in Allied hands. her silky voice, broadcasting to Allied troops, was used by Goebbels in an unsuccessful attempt to induce our men to lay down their arms. "Mary" is Hellen Sensburg, a 31-year-old brunette whose husband, a Reichswehr captain, is a prisoner of the Russians. For ten years she lived in England - at Coulsdon, Surrey - and was a secretary with a well-known oil company. May 15, 1945.

The 8th Federal Youth Conference of the DGB in the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund on 17 November 1971. Kaete Strobel (SPD), Germany, Europe

President Kennedy's mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, at Hyannis Port (portrait photos). Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy holds a decorative dish while posing for a portrait in her home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Christina, 1969. 1969

Models Released: Joyce Morton. Vintage Photograph. A portrait of a young woman in a ruffled top looking up to the top right of frame smiling.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Margriet in Palace Soestdijk, 1962. 1962

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Margriet. 1976

Photograph of Frances Knight, Director of United States Passport Office

RVD / Royal House photo collection. On the occasion of her Silver Government Jubilee, a stamp was published on 04-09-1973, designed by Pieter Brooda in Amsterdam. The design was assumed from a photo made by Prince Claus. 1973

Gertrude Theresa Cori (1896-1967), was the third women to receive the Nobel Prize, which she shared with her husband Carl and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Alberto Houssay (1887-1971). The trio won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries in the biochemistry of glycogen, main form of carbohydrate storage in humans. 1948.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Christina, 1967. 1967

STOCKARD CHANNING in GREASE (1978), directed by RANDAL KLEISER.

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

First lady Betty Ford talks to newsmen as she leaves nearby Bethesda Naval Hospital. She won praise for her candid discussion of her breast cancer surgery. Oct. 11, 1974.

Mrs. L. M. Chassin. wife of the retiring French Air Force Chief in Indo-China, pictured when she arrived at Mascot today. She was met by the French Consul-General M. Jean Strauss and air force chief, Air Vice-Marshal J. P. J. McCauley. July 02, 1953.

Helen Keller - Born: Tuscumbia, Ala., June 27, 1880.Deaf and blind at 19 moths.Graduated, Radcliffe, 1904, Ll.D., Glasgow Univ., 1932.Author, lecturer, Philosopher photographed in New York, Dec. 22, 1942. February 14, 1943. (Photo by Wide World Photos).

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Margriet, 1962. 1962

The Prime Minister's Secretary Miss H. Craig. March 25, 1955. (Photo by Leyden).

Virginia Graham, Critic and Broadcaster. June 23, 1952. (Photo by Tom Blau, Camera Press).

Vintage Photograph. A portrait of a elderly woman with a gentle smile on her face.

Rossana Rossanda, '70s.

VILLANOVA DEL GHEBBO ITALY APRIL 1954 Portrait close up girl on white background in 50s

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives: Interpellation Scholten (CDA) In connection with Introduction Luxembourg commercial TV via Delta cable. Minister Gardeniers (culture, recreation and social work). November 29, 1979. The Hague, South Holland

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Margriet. 1971

Anefo photo collection. General Assembly VPRO at Expohal Hilversum. Mrs. A. E. A. Went van den Vrings speaks. June 22, 1968. Hilversum

Vintage Photograph. A woman wearing a pearl necklace smiling in a hair net.

Eileen Powell A.L.P. executive Nth Sydney. March 01, 1950.

1969, Washington, DC - Katherine Meyer Graham, President of Washington Post Company.

Elsevier photo collection. Queen Juliana meeting International Union Child Welfare Ridderzaal Hague. September 1, 1966. Hague, South Holland

Portrait of a young woman, United States of America U.S.A. MR 488 Copyright: xVirenxDesai/DinodiaxPhotox

Composer Peggy Glanville Hicks.Back home in Australia after 12 years, Melbourne-born composer Peggy Glanville Hicks tells a fascinating tale of her life in New York.This tall, thinly-elegant young woman with friendly brown eyes and a mop of curly brown hair makes her living as one of eight music critics of the New York Herald-Tribune for seven months of the year. The rest of her time she composes music.She can think almost any aspect of modern life into music with amazing ease. She is working on Letters from Morocco, seven letters from a friend living there that she is putting into music. August 22, 1952.

Hilda Clark. Photograph by Polyfoto, ca. 1953.

Margarida Xirgu Subirà (1888-1969), actriz de teatro.

Woman golfer Jean Donald who arrived from New Zealand to-day by TEAL. March 30, 1955. (Photo by Ted Foster).

Elsevier photo collection. Queen Juliana. April 1964

Anefo photo collection. Command G. P. D., Marijke Ferguson. May 19, 1976

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Christina lying in Palace Soestdijk, 1967. 1967

Author Pearl S. Buck (June 26, 1892 - March 6, 1973), photographed at her Dublin, PA home, in 1973.

Anefo photo collection. Mission Ministry of Education and Science; Mrs Leenheer Bezar, Chairman Association Teachers in Living Languages, Cups. January 19, 1980

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Beatrix. 1978

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives. Minister Gardeniers. January 28, 1982

Anefo photo collection. Gerry de Groot, singer (head), PAROOL command. January 29, 1973

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Beatrix in the garden of Drakensteyn Castle, 1975. 1975

May Claire Kennedy , Mayors. Lawrence

Anefo photo collection. Arrival royal couple at Schiphol from Canada. Queen Juliana during the press conference. May 27, 1967

Personalities from politics, business and culture from the years 1965-71. Ellen Weber (DKP), DEU, Germany, Dortmund, Europe

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Margriet, 1964. 1964

Miss Jacqueline Cochran, world's fastest woman, arrived in Sydney by Qantas Constellation this week and told what its like breaking through the sound barrier. Miss Cochran (privately Mrs. Flooyd Odlum), wife of an American aviation millionaire, is guest of Australian Women Air pilots. Miss Cochran burst through the sound barrier in a Canadian-made Sabre jet fighter during a dive from 530000. She said that when she reached the speed of sound she had a feeling she had lost all control over the machine. First she had to control one wing, then the other, then "pull up" the nose. November 11, 1953. (Photo by Associated Newspapers Ltd)

Elizabeth Arden (Supplied Free Of Change). January 13, 1955.

Fred Leonard Warren, Jr. Verna ,. Leon Abdalian Collection

"Great Ladies", Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Anefo photo collection. Congress in Utrecht by Evert Vermeer Stichting (PvdA) about which domestic economic politics should be conducted in the Netherlands. February 14, 1981. Utrecht

Property of Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France Mademoiselle Germaine Kahn , (French - Propriété d' Albert Kahn , Boulogne , France Mademoiselle Germaine Kahn). Woman, shipwrecked image, portrait, fashion, Human beings, clothing, Miss Kahn 11, 2 1918 France, Boulogne, Portraits, Miss Kahn (Standing)

04/07/1984. Reading his entrance speech at the Royal Academy of Language.

Anefo photo collection. PvdA Parliament Nora Salomons installed ombudsman municipality Amsterdam, Nora Salomons. 4 February 1987. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

12/31/1977. An image of Margaret Thatcher.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Margriet. 1971

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Beatrix. 1978

Mrs. Jack Crawford. May 04, 1934.

Anefo photo collection. Amalia Rodrigues Portuguese fado singer at Schiphol. October 8, 1964. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Christina, 1967. 1967

Elsevier photo collection. In the Lureleitheater became Annie M.G. Schmidt a bronze statue awarded by students of the Kleinkunst Academy. Annie M.G. Schmidt with statue. 24 June 1967. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Maria de Lourdes Pintassilgo, former prime minister Portugal, press conference Amsterdam. November 7, 1986. Amsterdam, Portugal

Vintage Photograph. Portrait of matron smiling.

Viveca Lindfors, on-set of the Film, "The Sure Thing", Embassy Pictures, 1985

Peggy Guggenheim in the 1970s

Personalities from politics, business and culture from the years 1965-71. Grete Thiele (KPD-DKP) d. 1993 with Herbert Mies M, DEU, Germany, Dortmund, Europe

Elsevier photo collection. Princess Christina. February 1967

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Margriet in the Park of Paleis Het Loo, 1979. 1979

Anefo photo collection. Visit English Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Premier Thatcher during a press conference. September 19, 1983

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Financieel Dagblad, Minister Smit Kroes (V & W Close. January 18, 1984

Barbara Hershey, head and shoulders Publicity Portrait for the Television Film, "A Killing In A Small Town", CBS-TV, 1990

Joan Baez, 70s.

Anefo photo collection. Photo hour royal family at home ten Bosch. Portrait of Queen Beatrix. August 17, 1982. The Hague, South Holland

PIQUER , CONCHA. CONCEPCION PIQUER. CANTANTE Y ACTRIZ ESPAÑOLA. VALENCIA 1908 - 1991.

Vintage Photograph. A portrait of a woman smiling.

Anefo photo collection. Queen's Day 1969: Queen Juliana will be 60 years old. Queen Juliana has become 60 years old. Queen Juliana appeals to those present. April 30, 1969

12/31/1969. The journalist Rosa María Calaf.

Maria La Perrata (María Fernández Granados). Lebrija, domicilio particular. Sevilla 1996.

Flannery O'Connor, author

Anefo photo collection. Marjanne Sint chairman PvdA, head. February 4, 1987

Lower Right: Lady Cilenton off to the United States to join her husband Sir Rafael Cilento. March 30, 1949.

Anefo photo collection. Command of Volkskrant: Gertie Hesseling, head. May 28, 1982

Maria Jose of Savoy, 1958

Anefo photo collection. Princess Margriet at award ceremony UNESCO / NCRV children's poems competition; Princess Margriet, head. June 23, 1980

La actriz italiana Alida Valli fotografiada en 1961.

ELSA LANCHESTER.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment brabant daily; Mrs De Vries Metz, Kop Archeologist. April 8, 1980

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