Mid-20th Century Personalities

Formal portraits of men in suits from the mid-20th century, capturing notable figures in various professional backgrounds and eras.

Photograph of President Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) 31st President of the United States. He was a professional mining engineer and was raised as a Quaker. Dated 1933

Anthony ***** General. June 25, 1954.

New Steel Chief - Sir John Green, former deputy Chairman, who has now become Chairman of the Iron and Steel corporation in the place vacated through the resignation of Mr. S.J.L. Hardie. Sir John Green is seen at his desk this evening. February 25, 1952. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

Personalities from politics, business and culture from the years 1965-71. George Mc Ghee (US Embassy) d. 2005, DEU, Germany, Europe

B.C.P.A. Departure -- W.S. Cox, Secretary of Mooney Valley racing Club, who departed for U.S.A. today to visit race-courses in that country. June 2, 1951. (Photo by Ronald Leslie Stewart/Fairfax Media).

Prof. A.E. Richardson - Bt. Architect, Prof. Royal Academy. January 1, 1954.

Rudi Gfaller (1882-1972 composer, actor). Photography (World postcard with writing to Theodor Blumer, L. 29.12.39, posted) by Antonia Clajus, Leipzig before 1940

Mr. Gibson Goes To TribunalMr. Gibson arriving at Church House this Morning.Mr. George Gibson director of the Bank of England, who is expected to be examined at the Lynskey, today, attended the Tribunal the first time the morning. He has been ill, and has travelled down from Manchester. December 06, 1948. (Photo by Fox Photos Ltd.).

Sir Maurice Cassidy. February 16, 1936.

Photograph of President Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) 31st President of the United States. He was a professional mining engineer and was raised as a Quaker. Dated 1933

Sen. J. Guthrie - Aus. Political. July 3, 1933.

Ernest Richardson Deputy Governor of the Commonwealth Bank. September 1, 1953.

Bernard Baruch - U.S. Financier & Statesman. August 11, 1955.

A. E. Barkell - Solicitor. October 23, 1954.

To Attend UNRRA Meeting Lt. General Sir Humphrey Gale who arrived this morning on the Queen Mary Sir Humphrey is scheduled to go to Atlantic City to attend the General Council of the UNRRA which is meeting in Atlantic City. New Jersey. March 18, 1946. (Photo by New York Times Overseas Photos).

Mr. Tom Clarke. August 10, 1936.

12/31/1925. Portrait of the writer Wenceslao Fernández Flórez.

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Robert Butler US Ambassador. December 24, 1947.

Photographic print of Al Capone (1899-1947) an American gangster during the Prohibition era. Dated 20th Century

The Rt. Hon. Sir Stafford Cripps, M.P. Minister Of Aircraft Production. December 24, 1955. (Photo by Y. Karsh Of Ottawa, Pictorial Press).

05/24/1971. The former Minister of Labor, Don Licinio de la Fuente.

Anefo photo collection. Professor Dr. F. J. F. M. Duynstee. January 18, 1962

Godfrey today is a success ***** Sydney publican ... a wealthy man.He knocked out that marvel of the ring, Sid Godfrey, who in his time had been both feather and light-weight champion of Australia. June 01, 1949.

Mr. P.C. Spender, M.H.R. January 1, 1938.

12/31/1930. Don Federico Carlos Bas, director of the Bank of Spain.

Personalities from politics, economy and culture from the years 1965-71. Adolf von Thadden (NPD) d. 1996, DEU, Germany, Dortmund, Europe

Fined £20. Richard Peter Cruise outside the Federal Court today. February 03, 1944.

04/18/1963. Fernando Vela.

Alderman J J Carroll one of the candidates for election as Lord Mayor. An alderman of the City Council for 14 years. Is the licensee of the Royal Exhibition Hotel, Chalmers street. December 14, 1948.

Vasiliy Mikhaylovich Alekseyev (1881-1951) by Anonymous /Russian Academy of Sciences/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

Alexandre Verdelis Greek Minister. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Mr. Winthrop W. Aldrich who has been chosen by General Eisenhower, President-elect of the United States, as the next U.S. Ambassador in London. A Graduate of Harvard University, Mr. Aldrich is chairman of the Chase National Bank and a director of many large corporations. He is 67 years old.He will succeed Mr. Walter Gifford, present Ambassador to Britain, on the inauguration of the new President on January 20. December 01, 1952.

America's Next President Mr. Frank Garnett Visits London - Mr. Frank Gannett at the luncheon.Frank Earnest Gannett, described as the man most likely to unseat president Roosevelt in the election two years hence, arrived in London yesterday on a two weeks' holiday. He attended a private luncheon given in his honour at the savoy hotel today. Mr Gannett, who started life as a newsboy, now owns 19 newspapers. August 9, 1938. (Photo by Press Agency Ltd.).

C.H Borg, station manager in Gammelstad from June 1, 1946 to December 12, 1946.

Max Reinhardt. December 11, 1935.

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Anefo photo collection. Romanian government. Petri Groza. February 1, 1957

Eden Leaves for Dill Memorial Unveiling -- Mr. Anthony Eden in the lounge at London Airport before leaving by B.O.A.C., Stratocruiser to-night (Monday) to attend the unveiling of the memorial to Sir John Dill at Arlington Military Cemetery, Washington, U.S.A.Mr. Eden is attending the ceremony as a member of the last war Cabinet and former secretary of state for war.He hopes to have a few days in Canada and return to England, a sea, in two weeks time. October 30, 1950. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

12/31/1959. Portrait of Julio Camba.

New Bank Of England Governor ***** -- Climax to a city success story comes with the announcement of the appointment to the Governorship of the Bank of England of 44 year old Cameron F. Cobbold, who has seen deputy Governor to lord Catto for the last three years. The king has approved the new appointment to take effect from March 1, 1949. At 25, the new governor became managing director of the Italian subsidiary of a large British insurance company. October 15, 1948. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

EDWARD ARNOLD in THE AMBASSADOR'S DAUGHTER (1956).

Defends His War Surplus Deals -- George Dawson, an English trader who has been buying and selling U.S. Army surplus equipment in Europe since world war II, talks on the telephone in his Paris, France, hotel suite today. He stoutly denied U.S. Congressional investigating committee allegations that he had made $100,000,000 in the deals. He pictured himself as a free enterpriser who had hit the market right, denying making huge profits. He said he'd be glad to tell the committee about his deals. March 17, 1951. (Photo by AP Wirephoto)

H.L. Anthony. September 15, 1953.

Jean Cattier, Chief of German Mission. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photo shows: A ***** Picture of the Prime minister Winston Churchill ***** 79 on Monday, November. November 30, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd)

H. Jersey Flegg.Rugby League - R. Flegg, 73. 24 years President. July 3, 1949.

Sir Edward Appleton, arrived by Strathmore. August 08, 1952.

City Council Director Axel Ekstam.

Enrico Fermi, 1932.

Anefo photo collection. Press conference municipality of Amsterdam I.V.M. 700 annual bests of the city of Amsterdam; No 15, 16 Oostrom (head). August 19, 1974. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Superintendent Rolf Lindberg. Överingenjör Rolf Lindberg.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Swedish actor Gunnel Bjorn beach at Schiphol. June 14, 1965. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Keukenhof 1967 Open, mayor of Leiden, Van Willigen. March 21, 1967

Frankie Carbo - Died 22-11-76. August 23, 1953. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)

Count Grandi Revisits London -- Count Dina Grandi, Mussolini's Foreign Minister and Ambassador in London before the war, is in London again. It is his first visit since his dramatic recall to Rome in June 1939, 10 days after the signing of Mussolini's pact with Hitler.Grandi is 58. His pointed beard has gone, revealing a ruddy, rugged, jovial face. "I felt overdressed with the beard," Grandi explained. June 14, 1955. (Photo by Evening Standard Picture).

Alderman A.R. Sloss. November 23, 1953.

President Franklin Roosevelt on his 56th birthday. Jan 29, 1938.

Fernando Germani (due in September).Germani was appointed titular organist of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican in 1948, at the age of 36. He is the first of the five organists at St. Peter's, and his playing is reserved for the great religious occasions. On his appointment to Saint Peter's the Pope broke all precedents in releasing him for concert tours.Germani's rise to fame has been meteoric. After little formal training he became, at 15, official organist of the Augusta Symphony Orchestra in Rome. When he was 21 he made a triumphant tour of America amazing audiences with his virtuosity, musicianship and prodigious memory. October 9, 1955.

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With His Cigar, Mr. William Donohoe, of Stadiums' Ltd., is on a health trip. Also on the passenger list, Mr. Murphy (Tommy Burns to fight fans), for the fourth time did not make it. He had his ticket for the last four BCPA trips.The late Bill Donohoe, at Victoria Park trot meetings in pre-war days, apparently made short work of being starter and judge. August 17, 1949.

Trail Of Josef Tiso: III Capital Charges -- Josef Tiso Sits in The Bratislava court listening to the charges against him being read Dec 2.The trial of Josef Tiso, Roman Catholic President of Slovakia, on III Capital charges opened in Bratislava Dec 2. The 213-page indictment said the accused sought contact with Hitler, Goering, Ribbentrop and other leading Nazis to Enlist their help in severing Slovakia from the Czechoslovak state. The court overruled Defence counsel's contention that Tiso should be tried by an International court and claims to Parliamentary immunity for the prisoner. December 17, 1946. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Dr. Leo I. Szilard of the staff of Metallurgical lab of the Univ of Chicago testified before special *****. October 12, 1945. (Photo by UPI Radiophoto).

Die Presse geht auf Hochtouren - The Press at full speed.Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

General Jonas Cernius Testifies Gen. Jonas Cernius, Lithuania's former Prime Minister, and now a U.S. Citizen, gave dramatic testimony before the house baltic committee investigating Russia's annexation of Lithuania. December 07, 1953. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

American Ambassador Leaves for U.S. -- Shortly before boarding the plane for America, U.S. Ambassador, Myron M. Cowen. March 19, 1949. (Photo by Stuart William MacGladrie/Fairfax Media).

12/31/1916. Julián Echevarria, manager of the Madrid bullring, died in a car accident.

Anefo photo collection. February 3 Next hopes to become Paul HUF 70, the Jubilaris Paul Huf. January 30, 1961

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American Personalities; Wiley T. Buchanan - U.S. Minister to Luxembourg. January 01, 1953. (Photo by Camera Press).

Portrait of Luis Munoz Marin (1898-1980), the first democratically-elected Governor of Puerto Rico, during a visit to the United States mainland, Washington, DC, 1957. (Photo by Harris & Ewing/GG Vintage Images)

Vilem TauskyA recent portrait of famous conductor Villem Tausky. April 1, 1953. (Photo by Derek Allen, Pictorial Press).

R.P. Cruise - R/Horse Owner. January 1, 1949. (Photo by Frederick John Halmarick/Fairfax Media).

Portrait of YOUNG Sou Lum (b. 1889, d.1961), circa 1930s, Wellington, by Cuba Photographic Studio.

R.E. Fitzpatrick, Committeeman of NSW Trotting Club Ltd. January 1, 1952.

Kenneth Roberts - US Congressman. March 1, 1954. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Jose Ortega y Gassett, 1949

American Politicians:Paul M. Butler, Chairman of the U.S. Democratic National Committee. May 10, 1955. (Photo by Camera Press)

Josep Tarradellas (1899 1988) Spanish politician. In 1931 he became general secretary of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC). Public Services, Economy and Culture councillor during the Spanish Civil War. Exiled to France since 1939, he became President of the Generalitat of Catalonia in 1954.

Anefo photo collection. Juan de Bourbon, the Spanish crown entity. January 24, 1946. Spain

Photographic portrait of Sir Roy Welensky, the Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from 1956 to 1963. Date: 1960

British Politicians: Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Dugdale, P.C., M.P. -- Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries; Unionist Member of Parliament for the Richmond Division of Yorkshire. January 8, 1954. (Photo by Eric Coop, Camera Press).

En Route To Australia For 'Short Visit' -- Ronald I. Douglas (above), London manager for the Australian associated press, arrived in New York June 5 on the trans -Atlantic clipper. declaring that he is en route to Australia for a "Short visit", he indicated that an invasion of the European continent might be scheduled shortly and said that "The English people possess a terrific offensive sprit". May 06, 1942. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)

Charles H. Houston (1895-1950), lawyer and Howard University legal scholar, was the mastermind behind the NAACP's strategy to overturn the 1896 Supreme Court decision, Plessy vs. Ferguson, that legitimized segregation. 1939 photo.

Car Kings of the U.S.A., Hugh J. Ferry: Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of Packard Motor Car Company.Born in 1884, he was educated at Detroit Technical Institute, besides holding the ultra-important post as head of the Packard Motor Car Company, one of the great motor car companies of the United States, Ferry is also Director of the Guardian Depositors Corporation, Director of the Grosse Pointe Bank, and of the First national Liquidating Corporation. January 24, 1951. (Photo by Karsh, Camera Press).

Anefo photo collection. Departure from a Dutch parliamentary defense equation to Moscow for discussions about safety policy. H.J. Neuman (Dutch Institute for Peace issues). October 24, 1981. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

July 1944. Nicolás Franco, Spanish ambassador to Portugal.

General Election Meetings in Dublin.Mr. W. M. Cosgrave, T. D. (Fine Gail) Addressing a Huge Gathering on College Green, Dublin Yesterday during his General Election campaign. June 26, 1937. (Photo by Keystone)

Xavier Vallat, Vichy French Commissioner-General for Jewish Questions, France, April, 1941. Vallat was appointed head of the Commissariat-General for Jewish Questions, the body responsible for implementing the Vichy regime's anti-semitic laws, in March 1941. Vichy France co-operated enthusiastically with the Nazis plans for the extermination of the Jews. Some 76,000 French Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps between 1942 and 1944, with only 2500 surviving. Vallat was dismissed as Commissioner-General in May 1942 for his criticism of the refusal of the Nazis to release France's prisoners of war. He remained a supporter of the Vichy government however, and regularly made anti-semitic broadcasts on Vichy radio. After the war he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for his part in the persecution of France's Jews. The leniency of the sentence took into account Vallat's service in the First World War, in which he lost his left leg and eye. The photographer is unknown.

JACKIE GLEASON in THE HUSTLER (1961), directed by ROBERT ROSSEN.

Senator Obadiah Gardner of Maine ca. between 1909 and 1919.

West German Politicians: Dr. Hans GlobckeSecretary of State in the Federal Chancellery in Bonn. He is administrative Advisor to Dr. Konrad Adenauer, the Federal Chancellor. July 20, 1955. (Photo by Camera Press).

R.S Burnstein - Owner Race Horse. February 01, 1952.

Anefo photo collection. British embassy and ambassador Bland. January 5, 1946

Mr. Frank Forde, Photographer in London today, April 2nd - Mr. Frank Ford, deputy prime Minister of Australia, has arrived in London to attend the British commonwealth discussions an the world security organization. The discussions, which open on Wednesday, are a Prelude to the San Francisco conference. April 01, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Elsevier photo collection. H.M. Cochran, American U.N.C.I., representative U.N.C.I. Ter r.t.c. 1948. America, Hague, Indonesia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Vintage photograph. Older man in suit and tie looking at camera

Anefo photo collection. Chu meeting in Krasnapolsky. P. Bragmen van Houten (head), old editor-in-chief Ch-Dagblad. April 17, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Elsevier photo collection. DS. J.C.H. Scholten, pastor, celebrates 25th anniversary. 1928

Black and white photograph of Paul Reynaud (1878-1966), French Finance Minister, giving a speech on the radio.

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