A H Mackrell in Oamaru Amateur Operatic Society production of "Les cloches de Corneville"., 01 Dec 1915
Waitaki District Council via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/42909963/source

#PhotographicPrint #DigitalNZ

Sam Bernard, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, wearing monocle, as Herman Schultz in The girl and the wizard [ca. 1909]

1 photographic print.

#SamBernard #HermanSchultz #Portrait #EarlythCentury #Monocle #photographicprint #news #photography #Bernard #Schultz
https://www.loc.gov/item/96503947/

Jacinto Benavente, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing front 1923 March 6.

1 photographic print.

Jacinto Benavente y Martínez was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinto_Benavente

#Portrait #Photography #JacintoBenavente #BlackandWhite #photographicprint #Benavente #Jacinto #news
https://www.loc.gov/item/91481028/

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/

Frances Alda [192-?]

1 photographic print. | Three-quarter length portrait, standing on deck of ship, facing front, holding dog. Photo also advertises her Victor Red Seal Record, "Daddy".

Frances Davis Alda was a New Zealand-born, Australian-raised operatic lyric soprano. She achieved fame during the first three decades of the 20th century due to her outstanding singing voice, fine technique and colourful personality, as well as her frequent onstage partnerships at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, with Enrico Caruso. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Alda

#FrancesAlda #VictorRedSealRecords #PhotographicPrint #Ship #VictorRedSeal #Photograph #BainNewsService #Alda #news #photography
https://www.loc.gov/item/91784351/

Maurice F. Egan, 1852-1924 [no date recorded on caption card]

1 photographic print. | Head and shoulders, facing right. U.S. Minister to Denmark.

#MauriceEgan #Photographicprint #Denmark #USMinister #Portrait #Blackandwhite #photography #minister #news
https://www.loc.gov/item/2003688546/

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/

Djemaleddin Effendi, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front [191-?]

1 photographic print.

#DjemaleddinEffendi #Djemaleddin #Portrait #Fez #photography #Historical #photographicprint #Governmentofficials #Turkey #news
https://www.loc.gov/item/90715421/

Benjamin Disraeli, three-quarter length, seated, facing right [between 1900 and 1940]

1 photographic print.

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal Party leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or "Tory democracy". He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the British Empire and military action to expand it, both of which were popular among British voters. He is the only British prime minister to have been born Jewish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli

#BenjaminDisraeli #photographicprint #Portrait #Seated #Formalwear #Vintage #blackandwhite #Benjamin #Disraeli #news #photography
https://www.loc.gov/item/96505289/

Delores Del Rio [19--?]

1 photographic print. | Half lgth., facing left.

#DeloresDelRio #photographicprint #ClocheHat #pearlnecklace #sleevelessdress #Portrait #LaceDetailing #FormalPortrait #news #photography #Delores
https://www.loc.gov/item/2002697719/