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Character Collection (#10)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Tourist Trophy Race

Tourist Trophy Race
10th June 1914: Lee Guinness at speed on Quarter Bridge in his Sunbeam I during the Tourist Trophy Race for Cars, Isle of Man, June 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Graham Bell

Graham Bell
circa 1910: Alexander Graham Bell (1847 - 1922) a Scots-born American inventor who established the Bell Telephone Company

Background imageCharacter Collection: Ski Jumping

Ski Jumping
February 1923: Ski jumper Accola Rene in action during the ski championships at Grindelwald, Switzerland. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Motorcycles Line Up

Motorcycles Line Up
11th December 1908: Ready to start racing: three Oxford undergraduates on motorcycles at Brooklands racetrack. From left to right, A K Wilkie, M B MacKenzie and Ds McMinnies

Background imageCharacter Collection: Motorcyclists

Motorcyclists
11th December 1908: Oxford undergraduates on motorcycles at Brooklands racetrack. From left to right, A K Wilkie, M B Mackenzie and Ds McMinnies. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Hoover Tunes In

Hoover Tunes In
circa 1928: Herbert Hoover (1874 - 1964), Republican Party candidate for the Presidency of the United States of America, listening to a one valve radio set

Background imageCharacter Collection: Frank Whittle

Frank Whittle
10th January 1944: English engineer and inventor of the jet plane Sir Frank Whittle (1907 - 1996). (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Ernest Rutherford

Ernest Rutherford
1925: British physicist and 1st Baron, Ernest Rutherford (1871 - 1937), at the time he was President of the British Association. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Enrico Caruso

Enrico Caruso
circa 1900: Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso (1873 - 1921), one of the first opera singers to achieve fame through gramophone recordings. (Photo by W. & D. Downey/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Taft

Taft
circa 1915: William Howard Taft (1857 - 1930), the former President of the United States of America. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Mayor La Guardia

Mayor La Guardia
23rd August 1940: Fiorello La Guardia (1882 - 1947), Mayor of New York, USA. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Italian dictator Benito Mussolini Portrait 1930

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini Portrait 1930
November 1930: Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (1883 - 1945). (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: President Taft

President Taft
circa 1920: William Howard Taft (1857 - 1930), the 27th President of the United States of America, in office 1909 - 13. He later served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Background imageCharacter Collection: In The Clouds

In The Clouds
May 1910: Louis Paulhan in his Henri Farman III, in the clouds at Lichfield during the Daily Mail London to Manchester air race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Public Rally

Public Rally
February 1922: Irish nationalist leader Eamon de Valera (1882 - 1975) addressing a crowd at a public rally at O Connell Street in Dublin. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Spring Board Diving

Spring Board Diving
circa 1930: Jackie Hodges preforming a diving trick with the aid of a couple of friends at Hastings swimming pool. (Photo by David Savill/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Golf Match 1925

Golf Match 1925
26th June 1925: Macdonald Smith playing golf during the last Open Golf Championships to be held at Prestwick. Prestwick golf course was founded in 1851

Background imageCharacter Collection: Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover
circa 1920: Herbert Hoover (1874 - 1964), later the 31st President of the United States, seated at a desk writing. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Indian inscriptions carved into a temple wall, Brihadeeswarar Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Indian inscriptions carved into a temple wall, Brihadeeswarar Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India

Background imageCharacter Collection: Madame Pavlova

Madame Pavlova
Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova (1882 -1931). (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Somerset Maugham

Somerset Maugham
British novelist and playwright W Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) relaxes on a sofa. Original Publication: People Disc - HH0153 (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington
12th January 1963: American jazz musician and band leader Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974) smokes a cigarette on a sofa with a music score in his lap during the British phase of his European tour

Background imageCharacter Collection: Kingsley Amis

Kingsley Amis
13th August 1975: British novelist and comic writer Kingsley Amis (1922 - 1995) looks unsure about his glass of wine. (Photo by Tim Graham/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: WS Maugham

WS Maugham
13th October 1960: English writer William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965). (Photo by Aubrey Hart/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Graham Greene

Graham Greene
2nd December 1975: English screenwriter, playwright, travel writer, essayist and best selling novelist Graham Greene (1904 - 1991). (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams
1971: US playwright Tennessee Williams (1911 - 1983). (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Barbara Cartland

Barbara Cartland
Mrs A G McCorquodale (1901 - 2000) who is designing all the costumes for and also producing the Pageant of the Superstitions for a Halloween Ball at the Park Lane Hotel in aid of the Townswomens

Background imageCharacter Collection: Expressive Hands

Expressive Hands
January 1930: The hands of dancer Louise Blackburn. On one wrist she wears an ornate double petal-like cuff. Her nails are painted in the French manicure style with a white tip

Background imageCharacter Collection: Cartland And Dog

Cartland And Dog
1st May 1930: English romantic novelist (Mary) Barbara Hamilton Cartland (1901 - 2000) holding a pet dog. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Barbaras Glider

Barbaras Glider
circa 1930: Romance novelist Barbara Cartland (1901 - 2000) poses beside the glider in which she made the first long distance towed journey in England, from Hanworth to Reading

Background imageCharacter Collection: Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990), the American composer. Original Publication: People Disc - HJ0247 (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky
Russian-born composer, conductor, pianist and writer Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) conducting. Works include the opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex (1927) the melodrama Pers+phone (1934)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky
11th September 1965: Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) at a press conference at the Savoy Hotel, London. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Copland Smiles

Copland Smiles
American composer Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990). (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) the conductor, pianist and composer. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland
US composer of ballets, film scores, operas and symphonies Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990) conducting. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: The Firebird

The Firebird
Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971), Russian composer, conducting the recording of his works in London. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman
Jazz musician and band leader Benny Goodman (1909 - 1986) playing the clarinet. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein
American composer Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990), writer of symphonic music as well as Broadway shows. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland
9th February 1962: American composer Aaron Copland (1900-1990). (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland
circa 1970: Influential American composer, pianist and conductor, Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990). Won the Pulitzer prize for Music in 1944

Background imageCharacter Collection: Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington
19th February 1967: American big band leader and legendary jazz pianist Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974), composer of between 2000 / 5000 tunes. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Stravinsky

Stravinsky
8th December 1958: Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) at work. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Wells Lecture

Wells Lecture
1944: English author H G Wells (Herbert George Wells, 1866 - 1946) lecturing at the Czechoslovakian Institute in London. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Bernstein Conducts

Bernstein Conducts
8th December 1966: US composer, conductor and pianist Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) conducting. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Stravinsky Conducts

Stravinsky Conducts
8th December 1958: Russian-born composer, conductor, pianist and writer Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) conducting

Background imageCharacter Collection: Gun poking out from behind curtain

Gun poking out from behind curtain
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: Mans hand holding pistol, pointing out from behind curtain. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageCharacter Collection: Outstretched arms

Outstretched arms
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Montage of outstretched arms. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)



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