Calvin Coolidge. c. 1924

Red roof in the harbour.

Not sure if I like this yet.

Johannes Brahms portrait. Before 1897. By Rudolf Krziwanek.

Portrait of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este (1863–1914) in uniform. circa 1914. This is the same unifrom he was shot in.

Jefferson Davis. Circa 1846. Quarter-plate daguerreotype.

Portrait of composer Claude A. Debussy. Date June 1908. Photographed by Otto Wegener. Possibly taken in Paris, France where Wegener's studio was located.

Corneille Heymans. Photograph by Francken, 1957.

Portrait of rear admiral David Farragut. Circa 1863. By Mathew Brady.

John Brown from a daguerreotype. Photograph shows half-length portrait of John Brown, facing front with arms crossed copied from a daguerreotype taken ca. 1850. Handy, Levin C. (Levin Corbin), 1855-1932, photographer

George Bernard Shaw, 1901. By Alfred Stieglitz.

Andrew Carnegie. Photograph created between 1905-45. Photographer: Harris & Ewing.

Portrait of Ferdinand von Zeppelin. By T. Brandseph. Publisher: Bain News Service.

Sojourner Truth. 1864. Truth sold cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards, such as this one, to raise money for her work. These cards carried her name accompanied by the following text "I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance".

President James Buchanan. Between circa 1860 and circa 1865. By Mathew Brady.

Portrait of Franz Lehár. Ciraca 1915 and 1920. Bain News Service, publisher.

Horace Greeley. ca 1860-1865

Very nice colourisation of this famous B&W photo by 'Word War II Aircraft' site.

Photograph of Abraham Lincoln. 1859. Please note that the face has been digitally improved. Not altered. Unknown photographer.

Portrait of president James Abram Garfield. Circa 1881. From Brady-Handy collection.

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Portrait of general Robert E. Lee, officer of the Confederate Army. March 1864. By Julian Vannerson.

Thomas Hardy. Taken no later than 1921.

Sigrid Undset at work at Bjerkebæk (Undset's home, now part of Maihaugen museum). 1st July 1923. Photograph by Anders Beer Wilse.

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Jules Verne in 1884 at Nantes. Photographed by Étienne Carjat.

Mezzotint after a Daguerreotype of former US President, Andrew Jackson, half length portrait, seated, facing left. 5th April 1845. By Mathew Brady.

Jefferson Davis. 1860. By Mathew Brady.

Portrait of Booker T. Washington circa 1895. By Frances Benjamin Johnston.

I have used selective colourisation on this photo- but it didn't make much of a difference, so I created another version of this photo using a sepia tone.

Portrait of Sir Henry Joseph Wood. Bain News Service, publisher.

Portrait of Richard Wagner. Year: c. 1873 - 1883. By Franz Hanfstaengl.

Portrait of Lyman Frank Baum. Year 1908. By Dana Hull.

Richard Wagner circa 1860. Photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl. Note: The face has been digitally enhanced to sharpen details.

Sociologist, suffragette, social worker, philosopher, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams, in 1924 or 1926 (the way the date is written (mirror image, at top of the TIFF version) is probably 3-2-26, but could be 3-2-24. Publisher Bain News Service.

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Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946. May still need personality release. By William P. Gottlieb.

Richard Strauss between 1913-1917. Photographed by Harris & Ewing.

Jean Sibelius. Around 1890. Photographed by Hjalmar Sjöman.

Phineas Taylor "P. T." Barnum. 1851.

Ezra Loomis Pound. Circa 1913. By Alvin Langdon Coburn.

Portrait of Warren G. Harding. Cira 1920. Around 55 years old. By Harris & Ewing.

Ernest Hemingway at the Finca Vigia, Cuba 1946.

Calvin Coolidge. between ca. 1915 -1920

Portrait of Richard Wagner. Year: c. 1873 - 1883. By Franz Hanfstaengl.

Portrait of Anton Chekhov. Year: 1902. Photo: Opits, Moscow / Artistic establishment A.F. Marksa, St. Petersburg.