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EVB2933838: Ellen Terry (1847-1928), English actress, at the age of sixteen, she was already a seasoned performer. Portrait by Julia Margaret Cameron. 1863-64, Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815-79) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2933901: Harry Houdini (1874-1926), in 1890, when his name was still Ehrich Weiss. He is wearing medals, he won as a member of the Pastime Athletic Club track team in New York, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2933943: Kiralfy Bros., Enchantment, 1886 (poster) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2933946: Lewis Morrison's Magnificent Faust, 1889 (poster), Carqueville, Will (fl.1871-95) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2933961: Annie Oakley (1860-1926) American sharpshooter bedecked with awards and medals in 1899 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2933979: Kiralfy Bros'. ''Michael Strogoff''. The Courier of the Czar, 1882 (poster), Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2933988: Eugen Sandow (1867-1925), German born father of body building, developed his physique on the proportions of classical Greek sculpture. 1894, Unknown photographer, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934006: Harry F Sinclair, president of Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, 1923 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934021: Harry M. Daugherty (1860-1941 ), at left, being sworn in as Attorney General, the day following Warren G. Harding's inauguration, March 5, 1921, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934027: Secretary of the Interior, Albert B. Fall, and oil executive Edward Doheny in Washington in 1926. The two were indicted in July 1924 for bribery and corruption connected to the Teapot Dome scandal. Nov. 24, 1926, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934033: Will Hays (1879-1954), a lawyer for, as well as a director and stockholder of Sinclair Oil Company, became chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1918. A skilled politician, he served as Harding's Postmaster General for one year before assuming the Presidency of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors, 1922, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934042: Republican Club dinner to honor New York Governor, Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948), in New York, 1906, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934063: Thomas J. Walsh (1859-1933), chairman of the tumultuous 1924 Democratic convention, that nominated compromise candidate, John W. Davis. Walsh was offered the Vice Presidential nomination, but declined because he believed the Democrats could not defeat Coolidge. 1924, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925085: Louella Parsons and Walter Winchell, syndicated gossip columnists in print and on radio. Their NBC radio shows are scheduled on Sunday nights in August 1945. Winchell's 'Jergens' Journal' airs at 9:00 PM followed by 'The Louella Parsons Show at 9:15 PM / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925103: Britain's Prince Philip, (2nd from left) at an American school at St. Cloud, France. c. 1931 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925112: Dr. Jean Piccard was engineer, professor and high-altitude balloonist. October 25, 1934. His inventions were used in balloon flight, aircraft, and spacecraft. By L. Oeyen, Cleveland press photographer / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925139: Jean Acker, estranged wife of actor Rudolph Valentino. They married on Nov. 6, 1919, and immediately separated. She locked him out of their hotel bedroom on their wedding night. Valentino filed for divorce in Mexico. He married Alla Nazimova on May 13, 1922 in Mexicali, Mexico, before his divorce was legally final / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925145: Jane Addams (left) received the Mary Carrie Thomas Award of Bryn Mawr College. May 3, 1931. She was recognized for her social worker, and leadership for women's suffrage and world peace. In center is Marian Edwards Park, president of Bryn Mawr College. At right is President Emeritus Mary Carey Thomas of Bryn Mawr College, in whose honor the prize was founded / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925166: Fulton J. Sheen following a private audience Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, March 17, 1971. Sheen was a celebrated radio and television priest from 1930 to mid-1960s until a dispute with Cardinal Spellman over money. Subsequently, his television work was discouraged, his leadership at the Society for the Propagation of the Faith was terminated, and he was reassigned to Rochester, New York / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925169: Henry Stimson, U.S. Sec. of State, spoke at the London Naval Conference of 1930. It was the third in a series of five meetings limiting the size of the worlds largest navies. Behind Stimson, was Charles Dawes, U.S. Ambassador Britain. Aristide Briand, French Foreign Minister, at extreme right / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925178: Indonesian ruler Sukarno was removed from power on Jan, 10, 1967. He was stripped of his 'President-for-Life' title by the legislature, the People's Consultative Assembly. He spent the next four years before his death in 1970, under house arrest in Bogor Palace / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925202: Mrs. Geoffery Gates, the former Mrs. Louise Macy Hopkins, widow of the advisor Harry Hopkins. Sept. 12, 1947. Geoffery Gates was a socially prominent New York architect. They married at the home of the bride's sister and brother-in-law, the Nicholas Ludington's in Ardmore, Pennsylvania / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925223: Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya from 1964 until his death in 1978. Kenyatta wears a beaded Luo tribal hat, originally worn by men of the Luo tribe, but after independence, it was adopted by other Kenyans. His son, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta was elected as Kenya's 4th President in 2013 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925235: Sen. J. William Fulbright was Chrm. of the Foreign Relations Committee from 1959 to 1974. He was the first major politician to oppose the Vietnam War with his 1966 book, 'The Arrogance of Power.' Photo shows Fulbright on ABC-TV's 'Issues and Answers' program, June 22, 1969 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925328: Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States was laid to rest on Jan. 7, 1933. Mrs. Coolidge was sheltered by the canvas windbreak near the grave. Plymouth, Vermont / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925358: Director Karl Freund testing the light conditions on the set of THE GOOD EARTH, near Hollywood. Jan. 21, 1937. Some of the film shot in China was lost and had to be re-filmed in the US. At left is Hop Wing, a member of the cast. Freund won the Best Cinematography Oscar for his filming of THE GOOD EARTH / Bridgeman Images
EVB2925382: Alger Hiss escorted from federal prison by his attorney, wife, son and brother. Nov. 27, 1954. Hiss served three years in Lewisburg Petitionary for perjury charges related to espionage for Soviet Union. His conviction inspired other hunts for Communists within the U.S. Government, particularly the State Department / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934084: John D. Rockefeller Jr. with Abby and their daughter and her husband, c. 1925 (photo) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934108: Oliver Wendel Holmes Jr. (1841-1935), served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1902-1932. He brought his great knowledge as a legal historian to the Court deliberations. Portrait c. 1930 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934120: Gusher in a California oil field, c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934150: William McAdoo (1863-1941), with his wife, the former Eleanor Wilson, daughter of President Woodrow Wilson, c.1920s / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934153: William McAdoo (1863-1941), Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of the Treasury (191318), c.1914 / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934159: Charles Francis Adams III (1866-1954), a direct descendent of President John Adams with Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth in 1929. Adams was Secretary of the Navy, from 1929 to 1933. June 27, 1929, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934195: Andrew Mellon (1855-1937), industrialist and politician, then secretary of the Treasury, walking near the White House during the Harding Administration. 1921, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934204: First Lady Florence Harding and Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon outside the White House. With them are the corrupt Ohio Gang leader, Harry Daugherty (center back), his wife, and his roommate, bag man, and 1924 suspicious death victim, Jess Smith (far right). Dec. 20, 1921, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2934207: Andrew W. Mellon and Ogden Mills, outside the Capitol, after closing session of the Sixty-Ninth Congress. Mills became Undersecretary of the Treasury in 1927 and assumed responsibility for representing the Treasury Department before Congress. 1927, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images