XRA2673320: Christmas swimming competition in l'Isle-Adam, France (crossing of the Oise river), December 27, 1949 : Dutch swimmer Marcelle Elskens (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

XRA2673333: The Ball of the Bearded Men, organized by the National Federation of Draftsmen, at the Moulin de la Galette, Paris, December 3, 1949 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

XRA2673352: French singer Henri Salvador at the Alhambra, Paris, November 4, 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

XRA2673353: French singer Henri Salvador (dressed up as a toreador) at the Alhambra, Paris, November 4, 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

XRA2673354: American director Alfred Hitchcock arriving at Orly airport in Paris, on October 1, 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694896: Cover of the book La premiere enquete de Maigret by Georges Simenon, edition Presses de la Cite, 1955 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694901: Cover of the book Les memoires de Maigret by Georges Simenon, original edition of Presses de la Cite, 1951 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694925: Frontpage of french magazine "La vie Parisienne", april 27, 1935 (print), Leonnec, Georges (1881-1940) / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694927: Juan Vicente Gomez president of Venezuela several times, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694931: Merindol and Jacquemin Lampourde, Illustration by / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694934: Belisario Porras Barahona (1856-1942) president of Panama, c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694937: Henry Percival Dodge american diplomat c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694946: Frederick III German Emperor c. 1880 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694957: Charles Ebbets American sports executive who owned the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1902 to 1925 c. 1915 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694958: VeraCruz, Mexico: Signal to USS Chester to bombard Naval Academy 1914 (United States occupation of Veracruz) / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694963: Attestation of Stenography issued to Ms. Janine Freton on April 6, 1944 who successfully underwent public tests realizing a speed of 100 words minute / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694968: Lily Langtry (1853-1929) english actress, aka "Jersey Lily", one of the mistresses of king Edward VII, c. 1915 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694970: Clara Jane Bryant, Henry Ford's wife, 1915 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694991: Certificate of elemental commercial studies (adult men, primary education, commercial education) from the prefet of the Seine to Mr Andre Freton on June 30, 1928 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694992: Certificate of the Unitary Stenographic Association (teaching the method of steno Prevost Delaunay) issued to Mr Andre Vidal (commercial course on 18 June 1927. This certificate concerns the general composition of elemental stenography (75 words per minute) / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694996: Donald Baxter MacMillan american polar explorer, wearing a fur suit, c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1695009: Alexandra Feodorovna empress of Russia, wife of Nicolas II, c. 1907 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1695019: Alexis Carrel (1873-1944) french surgeon, here c. 1915 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1695022: Paul Moritz Warburg (1868-1932) German-born American banker and early advocate of the U.S. Federal Reserve system c. 1920 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1695024: Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) austrian violonist naturalised american c. 1920 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1695030: Prince William of Hohenzollern aka Crown Prince, son of kaiser Wlhelm II, here with his wife Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin c. 1925 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1695035: William Howard Taft (1857-1930) President of the United States in 1909-1913 c. 1909 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1695036: Jack McKay driving a Maxwell c. 1920 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1695064: Mexican revolution, 1910: sabotage: train wrecked by Zapata / Bridgeman Images

PVD1695065: Aboard american battleship USS New York BB-34, sailors playing craps c. 1912 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694280: Mary of Romania (1900-1961) queen of Yugoslavia, wife of AlexanderII here as a child c. 1912 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694299: Cheyenne Indian Chief c. 1860 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694302: Sophia of Nassau (1836-1913) Queen consort of Sweden and Norway c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694305: Roscoe ''Fatty'' Arbuckle (1887-1933) american actor reading french paper "La Vie Parisienne" c. 1920, Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944) / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694307: The Cup Davis given to the winner of the tennis competition created in 1900 by Dwight F. Davis. It's the 1st version of the trophy (1900-1931) in silver, made by Shreve Crump Low Co (goldsmith in Boston) / Bridgeman Images

PVD1694313: Italian soprano Amelita Galli Curci (1882-1963) c. 1920 / Bridgeman Images