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Background imagePolish Collection: Chemist Marie Curie in Her Laboratory

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

Background imagePolish Collection: Closeup Of Professor Stanislaw M. Ulam

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

Background imagePolish Collection: Ammonite fossil

Ammonite fossil
Ammonite, Biology, Black Background, Color Image, Cross Section, Extinct, Fossil, Geology, Invertebrate, Mineral, No People, Paleontology, Photography, Polish, Shell, Single Object, Spiral

Background imagePolish Collection: Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski

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

Background imagePolish Collection: Profile of the Polish Born French Music Composer Chopin

Profile of the Polish Born French Music Composer Chopin
(Original Caption) Frederic Chopin

Background imagePolish Collection: Marie Curie with Sister Bronia Sklodowska

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

Background imagePolish Collection: Chemists Pierre and Marie Curie in Laboratory

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

Background imagePolish Collection: Chemist Marie Curie

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

Background imagePolish Collection: Theodore Leschetizky

Theodore Leschetizky
(Original Caption) Leschetizky, Theodore (1830-1915), Polish pianist and teacher. Head and shoulders autographed portrait of Leschetizky. Photograph, 1893

Background imagePolish Collection: Pierre and Marie Curie with Bicycles

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

Background imagePolish Collection: Marie Curie

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

Background imagePolish Collection: Arthur Rubinstein Seated With Chin/Hand

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

Background imagePolish Collection: Frank Sinatra Lights Cigar For Pianist

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

Background imagePolish Collection: General Tadeusz Kosciuszko

General Tadeusz Kosciuszko
A portrait of General Tadeusz Koscuiszko (1746-1817) who is lauded for his role in the US War of Independence and for his leadership of a national insurrection in Poland, his homeland

Background imagePolish Collection: Marie Curie at Work in Her Laboratory

Marie Curie at Work in Her Laboratory

Background imagePolish Collection: Mr. and Mrs. Paderewsky on Platform of Train

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

Background imagePolish Collection: Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad
Novelist and short story writer Joseph Conrad

Background imagePolish Collection: Dr. Albert Sabin Sitting at his Desk

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

Background imagePolish Collection: Czeslaw Milosz

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

Background imagePolish Collection: Nobel Prize Winning Novelist Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont

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

Background imagePolish Collection: Marie Curie with her Daughter Irene

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

Background imagePolish Collection: Engraving Of Copernicus Working

Engraving Of Copernicus Working
(Original Caption) Nicholas Copernicus (Mikolaj Kopernik) 1473-1543. Polish astronomer. Engraving by Debrulanois, Brussels, 1682. BPA2# 265

Background imagePolish Collection: Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus

Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus
(Original Caption) Nicholai Copernicus (1473-1543), Polish astronomer. Portrait after a contemporary painting. Undated. SEE PG. 10114 FOR B&W

Background imagePolish Collection: Engraving of Nicolaus Copernicus

Engraving of Nicolaus Copernicus
(Original Caption) Picture shows Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543), Polish astronomer

Background imagePolish Collection: Polish Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus

Polish Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus
(Original Caption) Picture shows Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543), Polish astronomer

Background imagePolish Collection: Profile Portrait of Nicholas Copernicus

Profile Portrait of Nicholas Copernicus
Profile of Nicholas Copernicus 1473-1543. Polish Astronomer. Undated engraving

Background imagePolish Collection: Polish War Hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko

Polish War Hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko
(Original Caption) - Picture shows Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746-1817), Polish patriot. He was a hero in Polish struggle for independence

Background imagePolish Collection: Copernicus Etching

Copernicus Etching
(Original Caption) Copernicus: After a painting in the Historical Museum, Krakow

Background imagePolish Collection: Health Officers Giving Vaccinations

Health Officers Giving Vaccinations
(Original Caption) New York, NY: Health officers vaccinating Russian and Polish emigrants on board the steamship "Victoria", at quarantine, New York City. Woodcut, 1881

Background imagePolish Collection: Ida Kaminska In 'The Shop On Main St.'

Ida Kaminska In "The Shop On Main St."
(Original Caption) Ida Kaminska, 67, currently in America from her native Poland with the Jewish State Theatre

Background imagePolish Collection: Marie Curie with Daughters

Marie Curie with Daughters
Nobel Prize-winning chemist Marie Curie poses with her daughters Irene (left) and Eve (right)

Background imagePolish Collection: Chemist Marie Curie in Her Laboratory

Chemist Marie Curie in Her Laboratory
(Original Caption) Madame Curie in her laboratory ca. 1905. From a rare photograph

Background imagePolish Collection: Marie Curie In Laboratory

Marie Curie In Laboratory
Marie Curie holds a test tube in her laboratory

Background imagePolish Collection: Grandmother of the Russian Revolution Breshka Brashkoski

Grandmother of the Russian Revolution Breshka Brashkoski
(Original Caption) Picture shows Breshka Brashkoski, the grandmother of the Russian Revolution, at a funeral of the those who died for freedom's cause

Background imagePolish Collection: Two Polish Women at Ellis Island

Two Polish Women at Ellis Island
(Original Caption) Two young Polish peasant women ready to leave Ellis Island, ca. 1910

Background imagePolish Collection: Famous Chemist Marie Curie

Famous Chemist Marie Curie
(Original Caption) Photo shows Marie (Manya Sklodowska) Curie (1867-1934), physical chemist, seated in a waist-up portrait

Background imagePolish Collection: Refugees from Poland Camping on Roadside

Refugees from Poland Camping on Roadside
(Original Caption) Refugees from Lublin on a roadside in Poland

Background imagePolish Collection: Bolshevik Honor Guard

Bolshevik Honor Guard
A Bolshevik honor guard waits to greet Breshka Brashkoski

Background imagePolish Collection: Checkpoint on the Duma Grounds

Checkpoint on the Duma Grounds
(Original Caption) The utmost care was taken to pass only the proper persons to the Duma Grounds during the first days of the Revolution

Background imagePolish Collection: Lublin Ghetto in Poland

Lublin Ghetto in Poland
The Lublin ghetto, Poland, early 10th century. Photograph

Background imagePolish Collection: Pianist and Composer Ignacy Paderewski at Piano

Pianist and Composer Ignacy Paderewski at Piano
Ignacy Paderewski, a Polish pianist and patriot, became director of Warsaw Conservatory and later president of Poland's provisional Parliament in 1940

Background imagePolish Collection: Pola Negri

Pola Negri
(Original Caption) When the exotic, beautiful Pola Negri came to the United States in 1922, she came and conquered. She was a reigning queen of Hollywood within no time

Background imagePolish Collection: Madame Curie

Madame Curie

Background imagePolish Collection: Polish Jews Waiting In Quarantine

Polish Jews Waiting In Quarantine
(Original Caption) 9/2/20-Danzig: Polish Jews waiting in quarantine station at Danzig for vessels sailing for the U.S. Refugees from the Russians

Background imagePolish Collection: Polish Refugees In New York

Polish Refugees In New York
(Original Caption) 9/23/1920-New york, NY: Polish refugees arriving in New York

Background imagePolish Collection: Polish Jew Refugees in Camp Quarantine

Polish Jew Refugees in Camp Quarantine
(Original Caption) 12/2/1920-Danzig-Polish fugitives mostly Jews from the towns surrounding Warsaw, waiting in the quarantine station at Danzig for vessels sailing to the United States

Background imagePolish Collection: Marie Curie with President Warren Harding

Marie Curie with President Warren Harding
Chemist and physicist Marie Curie stands arm in arm with President Warren Harding while holding a gram of radium, which was given to her by the President

Background imagePolish Collection: Marie Curie and President Warren G. Harding

Marie Curie and President Warren G. Harding
Marie Curie with President Warren G. Harding after he presented her with a vial of radium

Background imagePolish Collection: Felix Dzerzhinsky

Felix Dzerzhinsky
(Original Caption) 2/16/1922-RUSSIA'S WHOLESALE KILLER LOSES JOB

Background imagePolish Collection: Joseph Conrad on Ship

Joseph Conrad on Ship
(Original Caption) 5/1/1923-Joseph Conrad, noted author of sea stories and adventures, is shown on the S. S. Tuscania arriving in New York. BPA 2 #308

Background imagePolish Collection: Felix Dzherzhinsky

Felix Dzherzhinsky
(Original Caption) 2/27/1924-LEADERS IN THE NEW RUSSIAN CONGRESS

Background imagePolish Collection: Scene from The Charmer (1925)

Scene from The Charmer (1925)
Ralph Bayne (Wallace MacDonald) tries to kiss Mariposa (Pola Negri) in The Charmer, directed by Sidney Olcott

Background imagePolish Collection: Gilda Gray

Gilda Gray
(Original Caption) April 9, 1925 - Los Angeles: Here's a charming pose of Gilda Gray, America's queen of shimmy shakers

Background imagePolish Collection: Karol Wojtyla at First Communion

Karol Wojtyla at First Communion
(Original Caption) Undated-Krakow, Poland- A childhood picture of Pope John Paul II posing with a candle in his hand after receiving First Communion in his home archdiocese of Krakow, 1929

Background imagePolish Collection: Jascha Heifetz and Arthur Rubinstein Practicing Together

Jascha Heifetz and Arthur Rubinstein Practicing Together
Violinist Jascha Heifetz and pianist Arthur Rubinstein practice for a concert in aid of British War Relief and the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

Background imagePolish Collection: Helena Rubinstein and Son Sailing on Boat

Helena Rubinstein and Son Sailing on Boat
(Original Caption) Helena Rubinstein and son aboard the S.S. Mauretania

Background imagePolish Collection: Captain Carlos Orinski at Cleveland Air Race

Captain Carlos Orinski at Cleveland Air Race
09/02/1931-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Ernest Udet, German war ace, at Cleveland air races

Background imagePolish Collection: Stella Walsh Preparing For Olympics

Stella Walsh Preparing For Olympics
(Original Caption) 7/22/1932- Stella Walsh prepares for the X Olympic games. She is on the Polish team

Background imagePolish Collection: Stella Walsh Performing with Discus at The Los Angeles Olympics

Stella Walsh Performing with Discus at The Los Angeles Olympics
(Original Caption) Her leg muscles standing out like steel cables, Stella Walsh, representing Poland, tightens up to heave the discus during the event in the Los Angeles Olympic games

Background imagePolish Collection: Polish and Soviet Politicians

Polish and Soviet Politicians
(Original Caption) At Signing of Soviet-Polish Pact. Moscow, Russia: Comrade Litvinov (right), Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs, and M

Background imagePolish Collection: General Pilsudski and General Schindler

General Pilsudski and General Schindler
(Original Caption) 5/23/1933 In view of the present strained relations between Germany and Poland, Marshall Pilsudski, Polish Dictator, accorded an audience to General Schindler

Background imagePolish Collection: Ray Henderson, Jack Yellen, and Irving Caesar

Ray Henderson, Jack Yellen, and Irving Caesar
(Original Caption) 11/23/1933-No sooner did they arrive in Hollywood under contracts with Fox Films than did this trio of songwriters get under way with their melody making

Background imagePolish Collection: Madame Helen Rubinstein

Madame Helen Rubinstein
(Original Caption) Madame Helena Rubinstein, creator of the cosmetic empire. Photo taken in 1934

Background imagePolish Collection: General Rydz-Smigly Visiting Paris

General Rydz-Smigly Visiting Paris
(Original Caption) 9/7/36-Paris, France: General Rydz-Smigly, the Polish Chief of Staff, visiting Paris to cement the bonds of the Franco-Polish entente

Background imagePolish Collection: Arthur Rubenstein And Wife On Boat

Arthur Rubenstein And Wife On Boat
(Original Caption) 11/15/1937-New York, NY: Arthur Rubenstein, famous pianist, and Mrs. Rubenstein, pictured aboard the S. S. Queen Mary, on arrival in New York City, Nov. 15th

Background imagePolish Collection: Hawaiian Boy Painting Toenails

Hawaiian Boy Painting Toenails
(Original Caption) 1938- Waikiki, Hawaii: The kid started something

Background imagePolish Collection: Young Czech Girls on Boat

Young Czech Girls on Boat
(Original Caption) 2/4/1939-New York, NY-Three young girls from Czechoslovakia and Poland smile a greeting to the photographer, Feb. 4, as they arrived in the United States to start life anew

Background imagePolish Collection: Polish Cavalrymen

Polish Cavalrymen
The Polish cavalry rides out to meet the armies of the Third Reich in 1939

Background imagePolish Collection: Officers of Polish Women's Legion

Officers of Polish Women's Legion
(Original Caption) 9/7/39-Lwow, Poland: A group of bemedaled officers of the Polish Women's Legion is shown admiring the new flag presented to them by Marshal Edward Smiglyrydz

Background imagePolish Collection: Helena Rubinstein

Helena Rubinstein
(Original Caption) 3/23/1940-New York, New York-: Among 13 prominent women chosen in a poll by 100 leading designers as America's "best-dressed" was Helena Rubinstein, (above)

Background imagePolish Collection: Military Leaders at a Tank Demonstration

Military Leaders at a Tank Demonstration
General Wladyslaw Sikorski of Poland, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Charles de Gaulle of France gather with other officers for a tank demonstration in England

Background imagePolish Collection: Porter Polishing Soliders Shoes

Porter Polishing Soliders Shoes
(Original Caption) 8/18/1942- Instead of peeling spuds

Background imagePolish Collection: Pope John Paul II as Young Canon

Pope John Paul II as Young Canon
(Original Caption) 1945-Waraw, Poland- Karol Wojtyla, the present Pope John Paul II, as a canon in 1945

Background imagePolish Collection: Handing Out Loaves of Bread to Jewish Refugees

Handing Out Loaves of Bread to Jewish Refugees
(Original Caption) Homeless, Stateless and Starving. Berlin, Germany: These are some of the 5, 000 unwanted Jews of Poland who arrived in Berlin in a starving condition

Background imagePolish Collection: Polish Jews Arriving in United States Sector of Berlin

Polish Jews Arriving in United States Sector of Berlin
(Original Caption) Polish Jews who disappeared from the Russian Sector arriving in the U.S. Sector in the snow

Background imagePolish Collection: Herbert Hoover with Polish Children

Herbert Hoover with Polish Children
(Original Caption) Herbert Hoover is shown with a crowd of children in Poland during his food tour of the European continent

Background imagePolish Collection: Hoover Surrounded By Polish Children

Hoover Surrounded By Polish Children
(Original Caption) 4/2/1946-Warsaw, Poland: A modern Pied Piper, minus the flute of lore, but carrying the promise of a far greater need- food

Background imagePolish Collection: Children's Parade

Children's Parade
Children of Polish descent participate in a parade sponsored by American Overseas Aid

Background imagePolish Collection: Polish Loyalty Parade in Manhattan

Polish Loyalty Parade in Manhattan
(Original Caption) 5/1/1948- New York, NY- The Polish delegation, carrying banners, marches along Fifth Avenue, near Central Park, in the Loyalty Parade on May 1

Background imagePolish Collection: Helen Mack and George Stone Playing Lawn Checkers

Helen Mack and George Stone Playing Lawn Checkers
(Original Caption) 11/48-Palm Springs, California: Lawn checkers, played on a 25-foot square checkerboard, is the newest outdoor diversion at this desert resort

Background imagePolish Collection: Chef Serves Girl a Slice of Turkey

Chef Serves Girl a Slice of Turkey
(Original Caption) 11/23/1948-New York, NY- Chef Gus Bonici serves a generous slice of turkey to 15-year-old Stephanie Rogacsewicz, Polish war orphan

Background imagePolish Collection: Pope John Paul II and Premier Wojiech

Pope John Paul II and Premier Wojiech
(Original Caption) 6/17/83-WARSAW: Pope John Paul II chats with Polish Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski after formal talks 6/17 at the Bevedere Palace

Background imagePolish Collection: Pope John Paul II Addresses Clergy

Pope John Paul II Addresses Clergy
(Original Caption) Pope John Paul II addresses local clergy in Niepokalanow after an open-air mass there. The Pope is visiting Poland 6/16 - 6/22/1983

Background imagePolish Collection: Lech Walesa With Traveling Papers

Lech Walesa With Traveling Papers
(Original Caption) Former Solidarity trade union leader Lech Walesa triumphantly waves leave paper granting him three days off from his job as he leaves the Lenin shipyard on June 21



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