Martin Beck, theater owner, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left [between 1890 and 1900(?)]

1 photographic print.

Martin Beck is a fictional Swedish police detective and the main character in a series of ten novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, collectively titled The Story of a Crime. Frequently referred to as the Martin Beck stories, all were adapted into films between 1967 and 1994. Six were adapted for the series featuring Gösta Ekman as Martin Beck. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Beck

#MartinBeck #theater #portrait #photograph #earlythcentury #glasses #suit #Beck #news #photography
https://www.loc.gov/item/99471943/

Sir James M. Barrie, author, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, with hands in pockets [between ca. 1908 and 1915]

1 photographic print.

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens, then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Barrie

#SirJamesMBarrie #JamesBarrie #JamesMatthew #JM #photographicprint #Portrait #Photograph #blackandwhite #EarlythCentury #news #photography
https://www.loc.gov/item/97508350/

Francisco de la Barra (left) and son Francisco, Jr., full-length portrait, standing, facing front 1916.

1 photographic print.

#Portrait #Photography #FranciscodelaBarraJrSr #Blackandwhitephotograph #Earlythcentury #Formalattire #ship #father #son #formal #Barra #FranciscoLdela #Family #news #Francisco
https://www.loc.gov/item/98505786/

President Ebert of Germany 1921 Feb. 14.

1 photographic print. | Friedrich Ebert, half-length portrait, standing, facing right.

Friedrich Ebert was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as the first president of Germany from 1919 until his death in 1925. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Ebert

#FriedrichEbert #Ebert #photography #photographicprint #Germany #Portrait #Photograph #EarlythCentury #Friedrich
https://www.loc.gov/item/91732610/

Charles H. Ebbets, Jr., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right [between 1900 and 1920]

1 photographic print.

Charles Henry Ebbets, Sr. was an American sports executive who served as co-owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1897 to 1902 before becoming majority owner of the team, doing so until his death in 1925. He also served as president of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1898 to 1925. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ebbets

#Portrait #Photography #CharlesHEbbetsJr #EarlythCentury #FormalSuit #BlackandWhite #Ebbets #news
https://www.loc.gov/item/92519164/

Sir Jos. Duveen, art expert & family [192-]

1 photographic print. | Photograph shows Sir Joseph Duveen, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right, with his wife, and daughter, Dorothy, on board ship.

#SirJosephDuveen #Photography #SirJosDuveen #artexpert #photograph #ship #earlythcentury #portrait #Family #Baron #Duveen #JosephDuveen #news #Dorothy
https://www.loc.gov/item/2003675564/

William Crapo Durant, 1861-1947 1928 Sept. 7.

1 photographic print. | Bust, facing right, with wife Catherine Lederer Durant. Automobile mfr.

#WilliamCrapoDurant #Automobile #CatherineLedererDurant #Automobilemfr #Earlythcentury #photograph #news #photography #Catherine #William
https://www.loc.gov/item/2004680433/

Leon Hartt, Marcel Duchamp, and Mrs. Hartt; half length, standing [no date recorded on caption card]

1 photographic print.

Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp was a French American artist, chess player, and inventor who played a key role in the development of the avant-garde in the United States and in New York City, where he spent the last 25 years of his life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp

#MarcelDuchamp #Photography #thcentury #Formalattire #Portrait #LeonHartt #MrsHartt #Blackandwhitephotograph #Earlythcentury #Duchamp #Hartt #Photograph #Conversation #news #Leon #Marcel
https://www.loc.gov/item/2005685099/

Dow H. Drukker, Republican representative from New Jersey, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left [between ca. 1913 and 1918]

1 photographic print.

Dow Henry Drukker was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the state's 7th congressional district from 1914 to 1919. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_H._Drukker
New Jersey is a state located in both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the heavily urbanized Northeast megalopolis, it is bordered to the northwest, north, and northeast by New York State; on its east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on its west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on its southwest by Delaware Bay and Delaware. At 7,354 square miles (19,050 km2), New Jersey is the fifth-smallest state in land area. According to a 2024 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, it is the 11th-most populous state, with over 9.5 million residents, its highest estimated count ever. The state capital is Trenton, and the state's most populous city is Newark. New Jersey is the only U.S. state in which every county is deemed urban by the U.S. Census Bureau. It is the most densely populated U.S. state.

#DowHDrukker #DowDrukker #Drukker #Republican #Portrait #NewJersey #Legislators #Photograph #news #photography #EarlythCentury
https://www.loc.gov/item/2009630226/

Capt. Dow c1915.

1 photographic print. | Captain Dow, full-length portrait, standing on deck of ship, facing front.

#Captain #Photograph #CaptainDow #Ship #Deck #Blackandwhite #EarlythCentury #Portrait #Daniel #Dow #news #photography #Capt
https://www.loc.gov/item/97511645/