Western European Descent Collection

Fashionable English Ladies at Westminster Cathedral Bazaar
(Original Caption) England: Grand Bazaar at Westminster Cathedral. Mrs. Geo. Pauling, Countess Blucher, The Hon. Barbara Petre, The Hon. Clare Petre, & Countess Fedrigolli, (seated). (L to R)

George Harrison Playing Guitar
Guitarist George Harrison of The Beatles rehearsing, circa 1967

Winston Churchill Watching Bomber Fly
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Actors from The Magnificent Seven on Horseback
A movie still from The Magnificent Seven features the seven principal characters on horseback

Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
(Original Caption) Portrait of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), English composer. Undated photograph

Scene from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
(Original Caption) 1919- Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt and Lil Dagover in a scene from Robert Wiene's "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, " 1919

Archaeologist Howard Carter, famous for his connection with the unearthing of King Tut's Tomb, arriving in Chicago, Illinois

Jesse Owens and Luz Long Watch Olympics
Competitors Luz Long and Jesse Owens seem very amicable watching contestants in the broad jump

Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman, and Josef Stalin
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Harry S. Truman, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin sit together at the Potsdam Conference in 1945

Atomic Bomb Scientists at Test Site
At a nuclear test site near Alamogordo, New Mexico

Integrae Naturae Speculum Artisque Imago by Theodor de Bry
An illustration from Utriusque Cosmi (1617) by Robert Fludd, showing Fludd's conception of the world

Berlin Residents Waving at American Airlift Plane
(Original Caption) Berliners Hail Blockade Lifting

Astronomer Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin
(Original Caption) Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Phillips Astronomer of Harvard University

Emil Zatopek Competing in Race with Others
(Original Caption) Helsinki: Olympic 5000M run with Emil Zatopek, winner followed by A. Mimoun, France H. Schade, Germany and C. Chataway of Great Britain falls by the side of the track

Teenage Couple Dancing to Rock n Roll
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Pilot with Model of Loch Ness Monster He Witnessed
(Original Caption) London

Sean Connery with 007's Aston Martin
Actor Sean Connery, the original James Bond, is pictured here on the set of Goldfinger with one of the fictional spy's cars, a 1964 Aston Martin DB5

Rosalind Russell, Fred Zinnemann Holding Trophys, and Audrey Hepburn
(Original Caption) Lucky Fred Zinnemann, surrounded by two of Hollywood's most popular ladies, Rosalind Russell and Audrey Hepburn, (right)

Keith Moon Playing the Drums During Tommy
Keith Moon, drummer with the British rock group The Who, plays the drums intensely during a performance of the rock opera Tommy at the Metropolitan Opera House in Manhattan

Franz Klammer Skis Olympic Downhill
(Original Caption) 2/5/1976-Patscherkofel, Austria- Austrian favorite Franz Klammer skims down the hard-packed, icy Patscherkofel course

Portrait of Arthur C. Clarke
(Original Caption) As befits the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C

Audrey Hepburn, about to begin filming for Breakfast At Tiffany's, wears one of the store's most expensive diamond necklaces. New York

William Butler Yeats
(Original Caption) Head and shoulder portrait of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Irish poet and playwright. Undated photograph

Dame Margot Fonteyn in Swan Lake
The Royal Ballet Company's Prima Ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn as Princess Odette in Swan Lake. Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Lips of Sixteen Hollywood Actresses
(Original Caption) 9/1/35-Hollywood, California: Lips reveal character says Warner Bros. lipreader

Laurence Olivier in Costume as Oedipus in Oedipus Rex
(Original Caption) 1946: Laurence Olivier appears as the doomed King Oedipus in a theatrical performance of Sophocles "Oedipus Rex." Oilvier wears an ancient Greek costume of a tunic

Neville Chamberlain with Munich Agreement
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain arrives in London holding the Munich Agreement signed by Germany, France, Great Britain, and Italy in Munich

T.S. Eliot
Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), was a literary pioneer who was a poet, editor, critic, and playwright who the Nobel Prize in literature in 1948

Illustration of Florence Nightingale Holding Lamp
(Original Caption) Lady with the lamp- Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)

Sean Connery as James Bond in Goldfinger
Sean Connery, in a scene from Goldfinger, adjusts a cuff of his tuxedo while dining with M and the Prime Minister

Trainer Talking to Sonny Liston after Boxing Victory
(Original Caption) 12/4/1961-Philadelphia, PA- Heavyweight Sonny Liston stares blankly as his handler yells to him that the fight is over and "we won, " Dec. 4

Hermann Hesse
German writer and Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton as Martha and George in a production still from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Version of: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

John Lennon and Yoko Ono on Wedding Day
GIBRALTAR-3/24/69-: Japanese-born artist & singer Yoko Ono and musician John Lennon hold the marriage certificate following their registry office wedding here on March 21st

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
(Original Caption) 5/1958-Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, well known architect

Audrey Hepburn and Husband Andrea Dotti
(Original Caption) Rome:Film star Audrey Hepburn is accompanied by her Italian husband Prof. Andrea Dotti, as they arrive at airport to await the arrival of a friend Feb. 14th. 2/14/1969

Queen Elizabeth II with Corgi
(Original Caption) Sandringham, Norfolk, England, UK: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smiles radiantly during a picture-taking session in the salon at Sandringham House. Her pet dog looks up at her

Friedrich Nietzsche
(Original Caption) Portrait of Friedrich W. Nietzsche, German philosopher (1844-1900), face resting on hand. Photograph

Portraits of Convicted Abraham Lincoln Assassination Conspirators
(Original Caption) The Principal Conspirators. Reproduction photos of eight of Lincoln's conspirators

English Architect Calvert Vaux
Profile portrait of Calvert Vaux (1824-1895) American architect. Undated photograph

Florence Nightingale
(Original Caption) Florence Nightingale. (1820-1910) English nurse, hospital reformer, and philanthropist. known as the lady with the lamp. BPA2# 3009

Peasant Woman Sweeping The Yard
(Original Caption) Antrim, Ireland- County Antrim. A peasant woman of Ballycastle sweeping the yard. Undated photograph

Wilhelm Wundt
(Original Caption) Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920), German physiologist. Photograph, ca. late 19th century-early 20th century

Reporter and Explorer Henry Morton Stanley
(Original Caption) Stanley

Naturalist Louis Agassiz with Diagram
(Original Caption) Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) Swiss naturalist

Sarah Bernhardt with Lillie Langtry
(Original Caption) Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), French actress considered the most romantic and tragic of her day, and Lillie Langtry (1852-1929), British actress

Portrait of Mathematician Leonhard Euler in Pensive Pose
(Original Caption) Leonhard Euler. Leonhard Euler, 1707-1783, Swiss Mathematician worked for the heads of Europe developing theories in Math and Physics

Inventor John Boyd Dunlop
Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop is credited with the invention of the pneumatic rubber tire in 1888

Gustave Mahler
(Original Caption) Portrait of young Gustave Mahler (standing) 1860-1911; Austrian composer. Undated photo

Karl Marx
(Original Caption) Portrait of Karl Marx (1818-1883), German political philosopher. Undated photo

Felix Mendelssohn
Portrait of German composer Felix Mendelssohn

Portrait of Author Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German author and playwright wearing two medal on either side of his lapels. Undated engraving

Portrait of German Astronomer Johannes Kepler
(Original Caption) Keppler

Giant Lady Dressed Up As Brunhilde
(Original Caption) Giants: Rosita the Austrian giant lady dressed up as Brunhilde. Undated photograph. BPA2 #2175

Portrait of Authoress Charlotte Bronte
(Original Caption) English novelist Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), seated with a small book in hand

Engraving of Economist Adam Smith
1802-Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish economist. Profile engraving

Engraving by James Baylie Allen After The Battle of Meeanee Painting by Edward Armitage
THE BATTLE OF MEEANEE, 1843.UNDATED ENGRAVING

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
(Original Caption) Elizabeth Barret Browning (1806-1861), English poet and wife of Robert Browning. Head and shoulders daguerreotype, ca. 1848

Johannes Brahms
(Original Caption) German composer and pianist

Mathematical Physicist Rudolf Clausius
(Original Caption) Portrait of German mathematical physicist Rudolph Clausius (1822-1888), one of the founders of thermodynamics. Undated photograph

Queen Victoria with Husband Prince Albert and Children Outdoors

Prince Consort Albert
(Original Caption) Albert, the Late Prince Consort of England. (1819-1861). Photo

British Dancer Lola Montez in America
(Original Caption) Lola Montez (1818-1861), British dancer and adventuress. Early daguerreotype taken during her stay in America, early 1950's

Queen Victoria And Husband Prince Albert
(Original Caption) Queen Victoria of England and her husband Prince Consort Albert. Rare, early photo, taken in 1851

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
(Original Caption) Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Queen Victoria At Crystal Palace
(Original Caption) 6/10/1854- Photo by Phillip Henry Delamotte (1820-1889). The opening of the rebuilt Crystal Palace at Sydenham by Queen Victoria. PH: Phillip Henry Delamotte

Tearing Down Statue Of George Iii
(Original Caption) 1857-New York, NY: Tearing down the Statue of George III in New York City. Revolutionary War. William Walcutt (1819-1895). Painted 1857

Prime Minister William Gladstone
Portrait of William E

Charles Dickens Sitting at Desk
(Original Caption) Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English novelist. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

Louis Agassiz and Benjamin Peirce with a Globe
(Original Caption) Benjamin Peirce and Louis Agassiz in photo, of Massachusetts Historical Society

Edwin Booth in Costume as Hamlet
Stage actor Edwin Booth plays the title role in Hamlet

Allan Pinkerton During Civil War
(Original Caption) Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) detective. Founder of the famous Pinkerton Agency. Photographed during Civil War

Visiting Card for Prince albert and Queen Victoria
1861-Visiting Card of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Portrait of Alice Liddel Taken by Lewis Carrol
(Original Caption) Lewis Carrol's hand-colored photograph of Alice Liddell, the original Alice in Wonderland, thought by Tennyson to be the most beautiful photograph he had ever seen. Circa 1862

Allan Pinkerton, Abraham Lincoln, and John A. McClernand
President Abraham Lincoln (C), flanked by Major Allan Pinkerton (L) of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency and General John A

Major Pinkerton, President Lincoln, General McClernand
Abraham Lincoln looks over the camp of General John Alexander McClernand (right), commander of the Army of the Potomac

Queen Victoria with John Brown
(Original Caption) Queen Victoria in 1863, with her personal attendant, John Brown

Astronomer Sir John Herschel
Astronomer and physicist Sir John Herschel, son of astronomer Frederick William Herschel. His experience in chemistry led to his contributions to early photography

Austrian Botanist Gregor Mendel
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Gregor Mendel (1822-1884). Austrian Botanist. Photograph, enlarged from a group of the brethren of the Konigskloster, 1866

Writer Charles Dickens Visiting America
(Original Caption) Charles Dickens during the author's visit to America, 1867-68. Photgraph taken by J. Gurney

Charles Dickens
(Original Caption) Charles Dickens. Headshot. Photograph, 1867

Charles Dickens
(Original Caption) Photograph of Charles Dickens(1812-1870) taken by Brady during Dickens second trip to America (1867-68). Undated photograph

Charles Darwin
(Original Caption) Charles Darwin (1809-1882) in his later years. Photo by J. Cameron, 1869

Early Pedal Bicycle
A man posing with a velocipede or boneshaker, an early pedal bicycle, circa 1870

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