Notable Historical Figures

Prominent individuals from the past captured in formal settings. The images portray a sense of gravitas and historical significance.

Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, was born as Frank Lincoln Wright in Richland Center in southwestern Wisconsin , on June 8, 1867 (a date sometimes reported as 1869). His father, William Carey Wright, was a musician and a preacher. His mother, Anna Lloyd-Jones was a teacher. It is said that Anna Lloyd-Jones placed pictures of great buildings in young Frank's nursery as part of training him up from the earliest possible moment as an architect. Wright spent some of his time growing up at the farm owned by his uncles near Spring Green, Wisconsin (also in the southwestern part of the state). Frank Lloyd Wright was of Welsh ethnic heritage, and was brought up in the Unitarian Faith . Among his most well known completed buildings and houses are Falling Water, Taliesin, The Guggenheim Museum, The Robie House, The Larkin Building, The Imperial Hotel, Unity Temple among many others. He died on April 9, 1959 at the age of ninety-two in Arizona. Photographed in 1958 in New York at the Guggenheim Mus

FOTO RETRATO DE BELA BARTOK (MUSICO CONTEMPORANEO). Location: MUSEO BARTO. BUDAPEST. Hungary.

Possible U.S. Ambassador In London -- Mr. Davies, formerly a U.S. ambassador in Moscow has been mentioned in the press as a possible successor to Mr Averell Harriman as American ambassador in London. Aged almost 70, Mr Davies is at present in Britain on a private visit. March 01, 1948. (Photo by Karsh, Pictorial Press)

Anefo photo collection. Leopold Stokowsky, 88 years, composer USA, holds press conference in Hilversum, head. August 11, 1970. Hilversum

Andre Gide, 1947 Noble prize winner for Literature. November 13, 1947. (Photo by Robert Cohen, Press Service).

Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, was born as Frank Lincoln Wright in Richland Center in southwestern Wisconsin , on June 8, 1867 (a date sometimes reported as 1869). His father, William Carey Wright, was a musician and a preacher. His mother, Anna Lloyd-Jones was a teacher. It is said that Anna Lloyd-Jones placed pictures of great buildings in young Frank's nursery as part of training him up from the earliest possible moment as an architect. Wright spent some of his time growing up at the farm owned by his uncles near Spring Green, Wisconsin (also in the southwestern part of the state). Frank Lloyd Wright was of Welsh ethnic heritage, and was brought up in the Unitarian Faith . Among his most well known completed buildings and houses are Falling Water, Taliesin, The Guggenheim Museum, The Robie House, The Larkin Building, The Imperial Hotel, Unity Temple among many others. He died on April 9, 1959 at the age of ninety-two in Arizona. Photographed in 1958 in New York at the Guggenheim Mus

Anefo photo collection. Show Hermans in the Bijenkorf in Amsterdam on the occasion of the 100,000th copy of his book. Comedians, portraits, books, writers. 24 March 1983. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Poll photo collection. Photos by willem van de poll. Portrait of Willem van de Poll by Herman de Bruyn, Eindhoven. undated

Enrique Orozco. Peña "El pozo de las penas". Los palacios, Sevilla 1987.

Senator Tom Connally - A new portrait of U.S. Senator for Texas, Tom Connally. Senator Tom Connally (U.S. Senator from Texas since 1929) addressed the political committee of the United Nations General Assembly at Lake Success yesterday on the scope of the United States resolution on disarmament, referring in particular to the need to remove control and inspection from the application of the Veto. Mr. Vyshinsky replied that he was not yet able to give the detailed Soviet view of the American proposal, but that his Government thought it an interesting and important resolution. December 04, 1946.

Sir Samuel Cohen. April 15, 1948.

Sir Robert Garran. July 16, 1951.;Sir Robert Garran.

Personalities from politics, business and culture from the years 1965-71, DEU, Germany, Europe

SOROZABAL , PABLO. COMPOSITOR ESPAÑOL. BILBAO 1898 - 1988. FOTO AÑO 1982.

04/27/1983. Portrait of José María de Areilza.

Anefo photo collection. Cabinet formation failed. Press conference from Joop den Uyl (PvdA). August 19, 1981

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (1905 - 1984) Russian novelist and winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Anefo photo collection. C. Evers, passport photo. August 29, 1972

Archbishop Duhig. November 07, 1950. (Photo by The Telegraph Feature Service).

Lewis Stone, American actor, 1934-1935. Artist: Unknown

Portraits - Portraits "C". Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Henry Louis Mencken in Sept. 1955 at age 75. He wrote as H. L. Mencken, directing his incisive humor at American customs and culture (BSLOC_2020_2_58)

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), American architect, designer, writer, and educator, head and shoulders portrait looking left, Al Ravenna, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, 1954

CHARLES LAUGHTON. 1935.

Wind-Swept Duke -- The wind played tricks with the Duke of Windsor's hair when he arrived at Victoria station by night-ferry from Paris today, April 4. The Duke, making his first visit to London since last October, will stay for a week with his mother Queen May at Marlborough House.65 - years-old Court hairdresser, Charles Topper, who has attended Royalty for 30 years, makes these comments about some of his well-known clients. September 14, 1953. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Dr. Willem Drees Sr. will be 5 July after 98 years old. July 3, 1984

12/31/1939. The philosopher Ortega y Gasset appears thoughtful.

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), poeta, escritor, crítico, pintor y director de cine francés.

Augustin Alfred Joseph Paul-Boncour 1873 - 1972, a French politician of the Third Republic.

Anefo photo collection. Show Hermans in the Bijenkorf in Amsterdam on the occasion of the 100,000th copy of his book. Comedians, portraits, books, writers. 24 March 1983. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

El compositor Frederic Mompou en su casa. Septiembre 1975.

12/31/1954. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Sir Charles B. Cochran - Theatrical Producer. March 07, 1949. (Photo by Baron, Camera Press).

Max Ernst, American Surrealist -- Leader of Surrealism in U.S. Regarded as Salvador Dali's equal. His (fourth) wife is also a Surrealist painter. November 20, 1950.

12/31/1949. Portrait of Eugenio D'Ors.

Portrait of American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), New York, NY, 1950. (Photo by Pix, Inc/GG Vintage Images/UIG)

Vintage Photograph. Man sits in studio portrait with his hand on his chin he looks to the right of the frame with no expression on his face.

Argentina: Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish-language literature. Photographed by Grete Stern, 1951

Poll photo collection. Photos by willem van de poll. Portrait of Willem van de Poll by Herman de Bruyn, Eindhoven. undated

LLORENÇ VILLALONGA I PONS (1897/1980) NOVELISTA ESPAÑOL EN LENGUA CATALANA.

James Ede - Home Secretary. April 21, 1948. (Photo by P.A.-Reuter Photo).

Elsevier photo collection. foyer Concertgebouw Amsterdam, annual press conference held management Ned. Orchestra Foundation Concertgebouw. Artistic leader Marius Flothuis. April 4, 1967

Anefo photo collection. president Ajax Michael van Prague. Sport, presidents, soccer, portraits. January 17, 1989

Francisco Largo Caballero (1869 - 1946) Spanish politician and trade unionist. He was one of the historic leaders of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and of the Workers' General Union (UGT).

Photograph of Victor Cherbuliez (1829-1899) a French novelist and author. Dated 19th Century

Anefo photo collection. German writer Heinrich Böll gives a press conference in Heerlen. Press conferences, writers, portraits, Böll, Heinrich. March 26, 1983. Heerlen, Limburg

Ed Lorenz professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Anefo photo collection. Former NATO generals, together in Nieuwspoort, offer all Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense in NATO countries a memorandum in connection with the December session of NATO. General Georgios Koumanakos. November 25, 1981. The Hague, South Holland

FERNANDO FERNAN GOMEZ in VOYAGE TO NOWHERE (1986) -Original title: EL VIAJE A NINGUNA PARTE-, directed by FERNANDO FERNAN GOMEZ.

Anefo photo collection. Press conference conductor Bernstein in Amstelhotel, Amster in connection with concert for the Bate of Amnesty Internationa in March A.'s.; Bernstein. February 25, 1978. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Pablo Picasso upon arrival at Victoria Station, for the Communist Peace Conference in Sheffield, Keystone Press Agency, 1950 photograph London photographic support gelatin silver print Victoria Embankment

Anefo photo collection. Arrival English Cineast Felix Greene at Schiphol. April 26, 1968. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Dr. Willem Drees Sr. will be 5 July after 98 years old. July 3, 1984

Albert Marc Chichery (12 October 1888 - 15 August 1944) was a French politician who was briefly Minister of Commerce and Industry, then Minister of Agriculture and Food Supply, in June-July 1940

Mr A.B. Carroll ***** Stud Molong who won the Grand ***** championships with his two ******. June 06, 1947. (Photo by Ernest Charles Bowen/Fairfax Media).

William Butler Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, c1930s. Artist: Unknown

Anefo photo collection. Press conference AZ67 I.V.M. Wednesday to play second final match to UEFA Cup against Ipswich Town, AZ coach Kessler. May 18, 1981

New York, New York: 1954 A portrait of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Algernon Blackwood, Author and Broadcaster.Born 1869, he is perhaps world's oldest regular broadcaster and television story-teller. April 11, 1949. (Photo by Tom L. Blan, Camera Press).

PEREZ COMENDADOR , ENRIQUE ESCULTOR ESPAÑOL . HERVAS 1900-1981 FOTO RETRATO.

ROBERT SIODMAK.

Anefo photo collection. Panama Max Arosemena Minister at Schiphol in transit during press conference. January 13, 1964. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Professor Jacob Epstein, Sculptor. Sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein died at his London home on Wednesday night, aged 79. March 26, 1953. (Photo by Oda Kar, Camera Press).

Anefo photo collection. Book 'General in the Netherlands. Memoirs H.J. Curls' from mr. Curls presented at the Hilton in Rotterdam. General B.D. H.J. Curls with his book. May 30, 1975. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Prof. Dr. J. Tinbergen (economist) left for Indonesia. February 25, 1966

Anefo photo collection. Mr. A. Zeegers (chairman (DK)) (Kop), Order Elsevier. March 18, 1966

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Financieel Dagblad, Minister Korthals Altes. September 4, 1985

RICCARDO FREDA. 1998.

BURT LANCASTER in SHOELESS JOE (1989) -Original title: FIELD OF DREAMS-, directed by PHIL ALDEN ROBINSON.

Carradine Tells Of "Double Scotches"--John Carradine Of The Stage and screen, testfying at a hearing yesterday on the actor's Petition to set aside a property settlement with his divorced wife, tells the court his alimony situation made him so nervous and upset He once downed 12 Double Scotches. September 14, 1954. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Jewish Leader Sees Colonial Secretary: Mr. David Ben-Gurion on arrival at the Colonial office, London, today, Thursday.Mr. David Ben-Gurion Chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive in Palestine, who arrived in London from Paris last night, saw Mr. Creech Jones, the Colonial Secretary, this afternoon, Thursday, and is later expected to see Mr. Bevin and to consult with British Zionist leaders. He has been attending the world Zionist congress at Basle and has recently had talks with officials of the state department at Washington. January 02, 1947.

Anefo photo collection. Mies Bouwman hands up Simon Carmiggelt book: "Juliana 75 National Photo Album"; Simon Carmiggelt. April 3, 1984

Otto Mastbaum. Photograph.

JEAN RENOIR (1894-1979) DIRECTOR DE CINE, GUIONISTA Y ACTOR FRANCES.

Anefo photo collection. Andre Kloos steps up as VARA Chair. André Kloos during speech. November 28, 1979. Hilversum, Noord-Holland

Paco de Lucia (Francisco Sánchez Gómez). Monasterio de la Cartuja.Sevilla 1993.

Tilo Prueckner, German actor and author, Germany, Europe

A man smoking a cigarette. Turin, 1970s

Anefo photo collection. Mr. Mays. Portraits. July 26, 1979

SALVADOR DE MADARIAGA. POLITICO ESPAÑOL. 1886-1978. FOTO 1976.

Anefo photo collection. Mr. Nederhorst (PvdA) head. March 23, 1966

"Great Ladies" Mrs. Temple Emmet, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

El escritor británico George Orwell.

Chicago, Illinois: August 21, 1968 Economist John Kenneth Galbraith, an advisor to Senator Eugene McCarthy, answers a question during a press conference.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Financieel Dagblad, Minister Korthals Altes. September 4, 1985

Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov, Anonymous

Personalities from politics, economy and culture from the years 1965-71. Ernst Wiechmann d. , DEU, Germany, Dortmund, Europe

12/31/1934. Don Manuel Portela Valladares.

CASTRO, AMERICO ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. CANTAGALLO( BRASIL) 1885-1972 FOTO 1972.

Anefo photo collection. W. E. Sanders (former head investigation National Security Office). March 27, 1986

Douglas fairbanks

Anefo photo collection. W. L. Oltmans, journalist (kop), commissioned free people. January 17, 1972

Jaime Jaramillo Arango. Photograph by Fayer.

Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) Scottish bacteriologist and surgeon. Discovered penicillin 1928. Shared Nobel prize with Florey and Chain (1945).

Rudolf Varnlund

Anefo photo collection. Gerard Reve at the One World Poetry Festival in the Brakke Grond in Amsterdam. Festivals, poetry, writers, portraits, brackish ground, Reve, Gerard of it. November 15, 1982. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Elsevier photo collection. Ina Boudier Bakker, writer Utrecht, library. 80 April 15, 1955 old. April 5, 1955. Utrecht (city)

Leonard Bernstein

ALBERTI , RAFAEL ESCRITOR ESPAÑOL. PUERTO DE SANTA MARIA 1902 FOTOGRAFIA DEL AÑO 1991.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment financial newspaper; W. F. C. Stevens, head. April 16, 1987

Photograph of Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995) an Israeli politician, statesman, general and former Prime Minister of Israel. Dated 20th century

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