Historical Figures in Interviews

A collection of vintage portraits showcasing individuals engaged in interviews. Captures include formal attire and settings from the mid-20th century.

1950s 1960s PORTRAIT AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESS MAN LOOKING AT CAMERA

Anefo photo collection. Surinamese border committee at Schiphol. Chairman of the DR. Ir. ESSED during an interview. November 17, 1965. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. The Olympic Marathon Champion, the Ethiopier Abbee Bikila is in Amsterdam. Bikila portrayed. September 22, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Hildrus Augustus "Gus" Poindexter. Photograph by L.J. Bruce-Chwatt.

1950s 1960s PORTRAIT AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESS MAN LOOKING AT CAMERA

Louis armstrong, 1959

Jimmy Carter. In the money now. March 20, 1950.

Willie Jones, the American negro boxer, who is to fight Bos Murphy under the auspices of the Hutt Valley Boxing Association, photographed on his arrival at Wellington in the liner Ormonde on Sunday. December 17, 1946. (Photo by Photo News Ltd.)

U.S. Congressional Black Caucus Representative Ralph Metcalfe, head and shoulders Portrait, Warren K. Leffler, US News & World Report Magazine Collection, May 24, 1971

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918 - 2013), South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader; served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999

TSHOMBE , MOISE KAPENDA. POLITICO ZAIREÑO. 1919 - 1969. REPRODUCCOION FOTO.

Anefo photo collection. National Day of West Papua, Melanesia in Congresscentru The Hague; President M. W. Kaisiepo (head). December 1, 1975. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Fats Domino in Amsterdam, Fats during his performance in the Concertgebouw. November 3, 1962. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Calvin Lockhart, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Halls of Anger", United Artists, 1970

Anefo photo collection. Writer James Baldwin presents new book at the press conference in AmericainHotel in Amsterdam; James Baldwin. November 14, 1974. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. New governor of the Netherlands Antilles, Drs. B. M. Leito, arrives at Schiphol; Leito, head. 25 June 1970

Reverend Ralph David Abernathy, American civil rights activist and Baptist minister, head and shoulders portrait, speaking at a National Press Club luncheon, Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, US News & World Report Magazine Collection, June 14, 1968

SIDNEY POITIER in THE LOST MAN (1969), directed by ROBERT ALAN AURTHUR.

Habibur Rahman, Pakistan High Commissioner to Australia pictured before leaving by air from Mascot tonight. February 21, 1955. (Photo by Wright/Fairfax Media).

Stokely Carmichael, 1968

Louis armstrong, 1960

John Lewis, Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, speaking at meeting of American Society of Newspaper Editors, Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C., USA, Marion S. Trikosko, US News & World Report Magazine Collection, April 16, 1964

America/USA: Malcolm X (1925-1965), born Malcolm Little, Black Rights advocate and American Muslim minister, 12 March 1964

Johnny brown, 1974

Actor and singer Paul Robeson testifying against the Mundt-Nixon Bill Communist Registration Bill. The bill died in the Senate, but two years later, Congress overrode a Truman Presidential veto to pass the similar Internal Security Act. - (BSLOC_2014_17_94)

Anefo photo collection. Presentation of "wheelbarrow" and "Conamus export price" during radio program Open House. Presentation of "wheelbarrow" and "export price" during radio program Open House Oscar Harris. December 31, 1981

Anefo photo collection. President Kaunda Zambia speak church Amsterdam. April 15, 1986. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Pledged -- Thomas T. Gibbs (above), Evanston, Ill. sophomore at Amherst college has been repledged by the college's Phi Kappa Psi chapter, after once revoking an earlier pledge on orders of National fraternity officers, according to Fred Greene, president of the chapter. Gibbs was described as the first African America pledged by an Amherst fraternity in the college's 127-year history. November 7, 1948. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Anefo photo collection. Arrival leader Rhodesisch Patriotic Front, Joshua Nkomo (head). April 18, 1978

Anefo photo collection. Leader of Angolan Army Lieutenant Colonel Roberto Monteiro (nickname Ngongo) during press conference on Nieuwspoort. April 5, 1982

Brazilian football team from Paris arrived at Schiphol. Pele (head) / Date April 29, 1963 / Location Noord-Holland, Schiphol.

Ray Charles American Singer, Pianist and Composer (1930-2004)

MARTIN LUTHER KING (1929-1968) CLERIGO Y PREMIO NOBEL ESTADOUNIDENSE - DEFENSOR DE LOS DERECHOS CIVILES.

Anefo photo collection. Chester Himes with his new book "Black on white". October 4, 1967

NAT KING COLE.

Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993), attorney for the NAACP, first African American to serve on the Supreme Court, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, September 17, 1957.

S83-36612 (13 July 1983) --- Astronaut Guion S. Bluford, STS-8 mission specialist, thinks over a question directed to him by a news media representative during his crews pre-flight press conference on July 13, 1983. Major Bluford is one of three mission specialists on the five-man STS-8 Challenger crew of astronauts.

Espeaker en High Park Corner de Londres el 1969.

One of the participants in the RTC: Mr. J.P. Kaulesar Sukul, 1948 documentary photographs One of the participants on behalf of Suriname at the Round Table Conference between the Netherlands and the West: the politician J.P. Kaulesar Sukul, chairman of the Hindu party Suriname and acting Head Central Archive. He comes through the revolving door waving with his hat. The Hague photographic support The Hague. Netherlands. Suriname

El cantante de soul y funk estadounidense James Brown.

American singer and musician Nat King Cole.

Martin Luther King, Jr. in a church in Atlanta, Georgia, 1968. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader of the civil rights movement. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.

American poet and author Langston Hughes (1901-1967) speaks at the Dakar Festival of Arts, Dakar, Senegal, 4/1966. (Photo by United States Information Agency/PhotoQuest/Getty Images)

Nat King Cole. March 17, 1919 - Febryary 15, 1965. American jazz pianist and singer. Pictured here during a visit to Stockholm Sweden 1854 when performing there. Photo Kristoffersson.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Half-Length Portrait, photograph by Dick DeMarsico, New York World-Telegram & Sun Photo Collection, 1964

Anefo photo collection. Celtic football team from Glasgow, Scotland in (the area of) it. Trainer Jock Stein van Celtic at the Hilton hotel. March 9, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

MUHAMMAD ALI in THE GREATEST (1977), directed by TOM GRIES and SHANA FESTE.

Anefo photo collection. Sekou Tour, President of Guinea. November 20, 1962. Guinea

A person watching Jesse Jackson during a campaign speech in September 1984,

James Baldwin, 1953

RAY CHARLES.

WILLIAM HOLDEN.

Stars: WILLIAM HOLDEN.

SAMMY DAVIS JR.

Anefo photo collection. Surinamese ministers Schiphol. Portrait Iwan Grain Harvest, Surinamese Minister Army Police .. September 2, 1981. Noord-Holland, Schiphol, Suriname

Anefo photo collection. Black Panther. Albert Howard (USA) arrives at Schiphol. January 15, 1970. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Joel Garner : West Indies Cricket Player. July 09, 1954. (Photo by Universal Pictorial Press Photo).

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968, American Civil Rights Leader

Louis Armstrong American Jazz Trumpeter (1900-1971)

Jack Johnson.

Anefo photo collection. Duke Ellington at Schiphol for performing in The Hague and Amsterdam. February 16, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Martin Luther King Jnr, American black civil rights campaigner, c1968. Artist: Unknown

Rolihlahla Mandela aged just 19 in 1937, Anonymous

Arthur Thompson, staff conductor of the Concert Division, Federal Music Project. 1935 - 1943. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Colonial Dance Orchestra, Federal Music Project (U.S.), African American musicians

Louis Armstrong, 60's.

To Speak In Christmas Day Radio Programme Immediately Before King George VI -- Adesa Williams (seen here) of Lagos, ia, a law student at present in England reading for the bar, will speak immediately before his Majesty King George VI in the radio programme "Commonwealth Christmas" to be heard on the British Broadcasting Corporation's home service on Christmas Day. December 23, 1949. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).;To Speak In Christmas Day Radio Programme Immediately Before King George V

Anefo photo collection. Press conference Kenyase President Daniel Arap Moi in The Hague. June 21, 1979. The Hague, South Holland

Jackie Jackson, The Jackson 5, 70s.

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS in TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION (2020), directed by LISA IMMORDINO VREELAND.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Louis Armstrong with his wife Lucille at Schiphol, Louis Armstrong. May 26, 1965. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Lionel Hampton, Jazz Bandleader & Percussionist, (1908-2002)

Ray Charles, American Singer, Pianist and Composer, (1930-2004)

Anefo photo collection. Two leaders of the New Guineaaraad at Schiphol arranged left tonggahma and wonsiwor. August 20, 1962. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Billy Preston, 60s.

Louis armstrong with his wife lucille

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Indonesian trade mission at Schiphol, number 7 vice minister N. Umarjadi (head) and number 8 drs. Rachat Salah (head). May 31, 1966

Model Release. Cliff Barbour. Vintage Photograph. A portrait of a young man, smiling.

Anefo photo collection. President Nyerere van Tanzania, heads. November 25, 1975

EDDIE MURPHY in BEVERLY HILLS COP II (1987), directed by TONY SCOTT.

Henry Armstrong. August 26, 1954.

Louis Armstrong, American Jazz Performer, Portrait in Dressing Room, Aquarium, New York City, New York, USA, William P. Gottlieb Collection, July 1946

Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH (17 August 1887 ñ 10 June 1940), was a Jamaican political leader

Billy Eckstine Singer

Stars: NAT KING COLE.

Martin Luther King, Jr., half-length portrait standing at podium during press conference, New York City, New York, USA, Walter Albertin, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, June 8, 1964

Father Divine - American Negro Evangelist. January 19, 1951.

Boxer John Johnson, smiling broadly, in a checkered jacket, bow tie, and straw hat, c. 1909-12. He held the World Heavyweight Championship from Dec. 1908 to April 1915 (BSLOC_2018_4_152)

American singer and performer Jackie Wilson.

Anefo photo collection. Debate (kingdom debate) Independence Suriname; Speaking in Lower House President Emile Wijntuin. October 21, 1975. The Hague, South Holland

Bayard Rustin (1912-1987), American civil rights activist. Rustin in the Statler Hotel at a news briefing on the Civil Rights March on Washington, DC, USA, 27 August 1963. Photographer: Warren K Leffler.

Earl Fatha Hines, Jazz Pianist, (1903-1983)

Bill Cosby Comedian and Actor (b.1937)

Joshua Nkomo - Leader of the Rhodesian Nationalist Party. May 01, 1955. (Photo by Universal Pictorial Press Photo).

Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt leaning over Flag-Draped Railing during his Homecoming Reception after his trip abroad, New York City, New York, USA, June 1910

Portrait of Samuel J. Scott working in the Office of Directors for Structures NASA Langley. Photograph taken May 1977.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Premier Don Martina (Netherlands Antilles) at Schiphol I.V.M. Round table conference on political structure Antilles in the future. 13 February 1981

El guitarrista B.B.King.

EDDIE MURPHY in BEVERLY HILLS COP (1984), directed by MARTIN BREST.

Minister Paulens Sannon, Hatian minister to the United States (ca. early 1900s).

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