Eastern European Descent Collection

Actors from The Magnificent Seven on Horseback
A movie still from The Magnificent Seven features the seven principal characters on horseback

Closeup Of Professor Stanislaw M. Ulam
(Original Caption) 3/1/57-Boston, Massachusetts: Closeup of Professor Stanislaw M. Ulam, visiting professor of mathematics at M.I.T. Dr

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

Yul Brynner in The King and I
Yul Brynner appears as the King of Siam in a still from the 1956 film The King and I

Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski
(Original Caption) Cannes, France: Sharon Tate and her husband, Polish producer-director, Roman Polanski, relaxing at Cannes. June 19, 1968

Chess Game Between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky
Bobby Fischer (right), an eight-time U.S. chess champion, ponders his next move against world champion Boris Spassky in the sixth round of the 19th chess Olympiad Sept. 20 1970

Franz Liszt Playing the Piano
(Original Caption) Franz Liszt at the piano. (1811- 1886) from an old photograph

Russian Peasants
A group of Russian peasants visit town in pre-Revolutionary days

Franz Liszt

Young Peter Tschaikovsky
(Original Caption) Peter I. Tschaikovsky as a student at the conservatory. Photo, 1863

Russian Composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
P.TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) RUSSIAN COMPOSER.PHOTOGRAPH C.1868

Marie Curie with Sister Bronia Sklodowska
(Original Caption) Portrait of Marie Curie (L) with her sister Bronia Sklodowska. Undated photograph

Composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1879 in a very productive period when he had just written Eugene Onegin

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
(Original Caption) Portrait of Elena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831-1891), Russian traveler and theosophist. Photograph, 1880s

Composer Franz Liszt
(Original Caption) Liszt, Franz Von. Composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886). Photo ca. 1880. BPA 2 #767

Interior of Russian Pharmacy
(Original Caption) 1885-A Russian pharmacy in Nerchinsko. Photograph by A.K. Kutznetov. Note the elaborate woodwork on top of the cabinets expressing Russian folk motifs

Russian Composer Tchaikovsky
The Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), who is famous for his classical ballet scores including Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and most notably, The Nutcracker

Russian Composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
P.TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893), RUSSIAN COMPOSER.PHOTOGRAPH C.1889

Czar Nicholas as a Boy
(Original Caption) Czar Nicholas II in uniform of Russian Army, when 13 years old. Photograph, ca. 1890

Russian Navy Yard
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Tartar Peddlers

Chemists Pierre and Marie Curie in Laboratory
(Original Caption) Portrait of Pierre and Marie Curie in laboratory. Undated photograph

Russian Peasants at Home
(Original Caption) Russia: Russian peasants in front of their home

Cigar Maker at Work
New York, NY: Portrait of a Bohemian cigar maker at work. "Seventeen hours a day, seven days a week, at 13 cents an hour for three workers!" Photograph by Jacob Riis, circa 1890

Chemist Marie Curie in Her Laboratory
(Original Caption) Madame Curie (1867-1934), noted physical chemist, poses in her Paris laboratory. Undated photograph

Chemist Marie Curie
(Original Caption) Portrait of Marie Curie, discoverer of Radium. Undated photograph

Lenin as University Student
(Original Caption) Vladimir Ilich Lenin as an university student in 1891 -1892. Depicted headshoulders with mustache, small beard and light facial hair

Peter Ilich Tschaikovsky Seated
(Original Caption) Peter Ilich Tschaikovsky (1840-1893) in the last year of his life

Portrait of Czar Nicholas II
(Original Caption) Czar Nicholas II of Russia (1868-1918) in old Russian court dress

Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi and his associates pose in front of his law offices in South Africa

Lenin and St. Petersburg League
The nucleus of the future Russian communist party was the St. Petersburg League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class. From left to right: standing -- A.L. Malchenko, P.K

Queen Victoria with Russian Royalty
Queen Victoria and her son, Prince Edward VII (r), with Russian Emperor Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their newborn daughter, Olga

Pierre and Marie Curie with Bicycles
Physicist Pierre Curie and his wife chemist Marie Curie go for a bicycle ride

Czar Nicholas II Coronation Processional
(Original Caption) An exceedingly rare photograph is this one of the Coronation procession following the Crowning of Czar Nicholas II, last of the Russian Czars. The scene is in St

Anton Chekov Seated on Steps
Russian poet Anton Chekov reclines on the steps of a house

Photograph Of Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini (1874-1926) as a young man, circa 1898

Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist Marie Curie (1867 - 1934) (born Maria Salomea Skłodowska), Nobel-prize winning Polish chemist who researched radioactivity, 1898

Novelist and Playwright Anton Chekhov
(Original Caption) Anton Chekov (full figure). Photograph, 1899

Irving Berlin
(Original Caption) Irving Berlin, the composer, is pictured in 1968. He is to be 95.5/10/1983

Ballet Dancer Rudolf Nureyev
A portrait of the Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev with a fellow dancer

Harry Houdini Slips Straitjacket While Upside Down over Street
(Original Caption) Harry Houdini (real name Ehrich Weiss, 1874-1926) American magician slipping out of a straitjacket while hanging upside down over Broadway and 46th street in New York City

You - Still Not a Member of the Cooperative
(Original Caption) Poster from the Russian Revolution: "You- Still Not a Member of the Cooperative, Sign Up Immediately!" Undated color slide

Nicholas Roerich
(Original Caption) Prof. Nicholas Poerich, Famous Artist

Liszt, Franz. Undated Photograph
(Original Caption) Liszt, Franz. Photograph undated

Josip Broz Tito and Jovanka Broz on Train
Yugoslavian president Tito and his wife depart for a state visit to the Soviet Union

Dmitry Ivanovich Mendelyev (1834-1907), a Russian chemist who developed the periodic table of elements, poses for a portrait

Headshoulder Of Marshall Josip Broz Tito
(Original Caption) Marshall Tito (Josip Broz or Brozowich) (1892-1980), Yugoslav premier. Photograph

Irving Berlin At The Piano
(Original Caption) Irving Berlin at the piano. Undated photograph

Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Wearing Court Robes
(Original Caption) Portrait of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina in court robes. Undated photograph

Feodor Chaliapin In Full Length Shot
(Original Caption) Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938), Russian operatic basso. Full length photo

Ethal Merman Sings To Irving Berlin
(Original Caption) Ethal Merman sings to Irving Berlin the words and music for the new musical "Call me Madam" for wich Mr. Berlin has written the words and music

Arthur Koestler Sitting And Smoking
(Original Caption) Arthur Koestler, author (1905-1983), sitting and smoking a cigarette

Perfumer Smelling Samples Of Perfume
(Original Caption) The taste of smell. Expert perfumer smells samples from newly made rosewater. Valley of the roses. Bulgaria. Undated photograph. BPA2# 3627

Irving Berlin Playing Piano;Us Troops
(Original Caption) Irving Berlin (1888-1989). American songwriter at the piano surrounded by American soldiers. Photograph

Headshoulder Photo Of Maxim Gorky
(Original Caption) Maxim Gorki. Photograph

Franz Liszt, Composer, And Family Members
(Original Caption) Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Hungarian piano virtuoso and his composer with members of his family. Photograph

Arthur Rubinstein Seated With Chin/Hand
(Original Caption) Arthur Rubinsten seated with chin in hand. Photograph

Frank Sinatra Lights Cigar For Pianist
(Original Caption) Singer Frank Sinatra lights the cigar of world-renowned pianist, Arthur Rubinstein. Undated photograph

Novelist and Playwright Anton Chekhov
(Original Caption) Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian playwright and fiction writer. Known for vivid portrayals of harsh Russian life without romantic illusion. Undated photograph

Composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
(Original Caption) Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich:(1840-1893). Russian composer. Head and shoulders photograph. BPA2# 4914

Countess Sophia Tolstoy

New York Hails Hair Film with Gala Premiere and Party
Hair director Milos Forman and actress Cheryl Barnes, one of the stars of the film

The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and His Wife by I.B. Hazelton
The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo

Movie Poster for Frankenstein Double Feature

Marie Curie at Work in Her Laboratory

Frederick the Great and Voltaire Print

Mr. and Mrs. Paderewsky on Platform of Train
(Original Caption) Mr. and Mrs. Ignar Paderewsky and staff on rear platform of private railroad car used during his tour through America in 1900. Photograph

Portrait Engraving of Paul I, Emperor of Russia

Joseph Conrad
Novelist and short story writer Joseph Conrad

Painting of Vladimir Lenin Speaking to Peasants by V.A. Serov

Engraving of Police Charging a Crowd in St. Petersburg, Russia
1905-St. Petersburg, Russia-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Russian Revolution, 1905, Police charging into the crowd during the Petersburg upheaval--an unsuccessful attempt to tumble the Romanov Dynasty

Serbs At Battery/Man Lying On Bombs
(Original Caption) Handwritten caption on back of print reads: The artillery for one Serbian battery. Undated, ca. 1910s

Nikolay Vavilov, A.F. Joffe, and Nikolay Bukharin
(Original Caption) 1931-London, England: Left to right: Professor Nikolai Vavilov (Botanist)), A. F

Lab Assistant Filling Specimen Bottles
(Original Caption) Woman assistant of Ivan Petrovich Pavlov filling bottles with sterilized gastric juice, at the Pavlov Institute in Leningrad. Undated photograph

Ivan Pavlov Operating on Dog
(Original Caption) Physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936) conducts an operation on a dog, at the clinic of the Pavlov Institute in Leningrad. Undated photograph

Dr. Albert Sabin Sitting at his Desk
Dr. Albert Sabin, at work in his laboratory at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, was the Polish-American physician and microbiologist best known for developing the oral polio vaccine

Vladimir Ilich Lenin Sitting at Desk
(Original Caption) Portrait of Soviet leader Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870-1924) sitting alone at a desk. Undated photo, filed 1931

Nicholas II Surrounded by Family
(Original Caption) Portrait of Czar Nicholas II of Russia and his family, including wife Czarina Aleksandra, and children Olga, Tatiana, Marie, Anastasia and Czarevich Alexis. Undated photograph

Czeslaw Milosz is a Nobel Prize-winning poet and member of the American Academy of Arts

Posters Hanging in House of Trade Unions
Communists gather for an important meeting in the House of Trade Unions in Moscow, with multilingual proclamations and banners of "fathers" of the Marxist state, during the Stalin era

Nobel Prize Winning Novelist Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
Warsaw, Poland-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Photo shows Mr. Ladislas Reymont, the most famous Polish writer laureate, winner of the Nobel Prize, who died on 12/05/1925, following an illness

Russian Dancer

Marie Curie with her Daughter Irene
Marie Curie, recipient of the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, stands with her daughter and fellow chemist Irene Joliot-Curie

18th Century Print of Catherine I
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

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