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[b]Adam Smith was an economist who wrote [i]The Wealth of Nations[/i]. [/b]Born June 16, 1723, in Scotland.\n\nPortrait of Adam Smith is from [i]The National and Domestic History of England: Volume the Third[/i] By William Hickman Smith Aubrey. Published in 1867 in London. The publication is now in the public domain as the copyright protection has expired. \n\nI've selected interesting, old 19th century graphic images for digital restoration and editing. The images were enhanced, adjusted, and brightened to make the images suitable for display and other purposes.
Manuel Luis Quezon portrait from old Philippine peso
Double exposure of portrait of U.S. presidents Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton
Simon Rodriguez Portrait Pattern Design on Venezuelan Bolivar Currency
Christian IX, king of Denmark postcard, sent from Montevideo, Uruguay in 1904,  ready for any usage of  historic events background usage.
10 dollar bill with empty middle area
Plaque in the main street of Dahme in the Mark Brandenburg with a portrait of Otto Unverdorben, who invented aniline there in 1826 - Germany.
Image from 19th century.
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla on 10 Pesos 1975 Banknote from Mexico. Priest and leader of the Mexican war of independence. Also known as ''father of the nation''. Less than 30% of the banknote is visible.
Portrait of Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (Paul Kruger), 3rd State President of the South African Republic (1825 - 1904). Vintage photo etching circa late 19th century.
William Blake a closeup portrait from British money
Simon Rodriguez Portrait Pattern Design on Venezuelan Bolivar Currency
Immanuel Kant Stamp
Vintage photograph W. G. Grace, an English amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely considered one of its greatest players. Victorian 19th Century
The portrait of Jan Amos Komensky from 20 Czechoslovakian Koruna banknote isolated on a white background
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Postage stamp Romania 1955 printed in Romania shows Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), a writer, circa 1955
Portrait of Sir Frederick William Borden, Minister of Militia and Defence (1847 - 1917). Vintage photo etching circa late 19th century.
Ninomiya Sontoku a closeup portrait from old Japanese yen
Germany stamp: portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), composer and musician of the late Baroque period, series \
A portrait of the Greek scholar Adamantios Korais or Koraïs from the reverse side of 100 one hundred Greek Drachmas Drachmai banknote currency issued 1978 in Greece, old Greek money, vintage retro
Vintage photograph of Ernst Schweninger, a German physician and naturopath who developed the Schweninger method, a reduction of obesity by the restriction of fluids in the diet. 19th Century
China postage stamp: 2010,Johann Sebastian Bach.
Portrait of Major-General Sir Edward Thomas Henry Hutton, 6th Commander of the Canadian Army (1848 - 1923). Vintage photo etching circa late 19th century.
Stanislaw Staszic a closeup portrait from old Polish money - Zloty
Alexander Suvorov Portrait Pattern Design on Transnistria
Postage stamp Cyprus 2011 stamp printed in Cyprus shows Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), circa 2011
Antique photograph of Henri Laurent Rivière (1827 – 1883) was a French naval officer and a writer who is chiefly remembered today for advancing the French conquest of Tonkin (northern Vietnam) in the 1880s.
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Sarah Vaughan - William P. Gottlieb - No. 1.jpg
George Brunis, Tony Parenti (Gottlieb 00871).jpg
Rex Stewart and Charlie Barnet, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946 (William P. Gottlieb 08171).jpg
Arrestatie_Emmeline_Pankhurst_/_Emmeline_Pankhurst_being_arrested.jpg
Mildred Bailey (Gottlieb 00401).jpg
Ella Fitzgerald (Gottlieb 02871).jpg
Gottlieb-Jews_Praying_in_the_Synagogue_on_Yom_Kippur.jpg
Mary Lou Williams (Gottlieb 09231).jpg
Frank Sinatra by Gottlieb c1947- 2.jpg
Mary Lou Williams (Gottlieb 09231) - Crop.jpg
Art Tatum, Vogue Room 1948 (Gottlieb).jpg
(Portrait of Duke Ellington, William P. Gottlieb's home, Maryland, 1941) (LOC) (4932366128).jpg
John Kirby, Brown Derby, Washington, D.C., ca. May 1946 (William P. Gottlieb 05371).jpg
Billie Holiday, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947 (William P. Gottlieb 04251).jpg
Billy Strayhorn, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948 (William P. Gottlieb 08211).jpg
Wild Bill Davison, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946 (William P. Gottlieb 01821).jpg
(Portrait_of_Tony_Pastor_and_William_P._Gottlieb,_Hotel_Edison(?),_New_York,_N.Y.,_between_1946_and_1948)_(LOC)_(5105151446).jpg
(Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. 1948) (LOC) (4843742508).jpg
(Portrait of Eddie Bert, 1947 or 1948) (LOC) (5189938562).jpg
Billie Holiday 0001 original.jpg
(Portrait of Count Basie, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948) (LOC) (4843735328).jpg
(Portrait of Dardanelle, Washington, D.C., between 1938 and 1948) (LOC) (4843124889).jpg
(Portrait of Billy Eckstine, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948) (LOC) (4843126197).jpg
(Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947) (LOC) (4888654822).jpg
(Portrait of Benny Carter, Apollo Theatre, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1946) (LOC) (4888073451).jpg
(Portrait of Tadd Dameron, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948) (LOC) (4931766145).jpg
(Portrait of Billy Eckstine, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948) (LOC) (4932365176).jpg
(Portrait of Marty Emerson in his home, Washington, D.C., between 1938 and 1948) (LOC) (4932369524).jpg
(Portrait of Erroll Garner, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948) (LOC) (4977079032).jpg
(Portrait of Bob Graettinger, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948) (LOC) (4977086618).jpg
(Portrait of Tiny Grimes, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948) (LOC) (4977087928).jpg
(Portrait_of_Tex_Beneke,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Jan._1947)_(LOC)_(4888661154).jpg
(Portrait_of_Tex_Beneke,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Jan._1947)_(LOC)_(4888661500).jpg
(Portrait_of_Sonny_Greer,_Aquarium(?),_New_York,_N.Y.,_ca._Nov._1946)_(LOC)_(4976475153).jpg
(Portrait_of_Red_Norvo,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Feb._1947)_(LOC)_(5436419000).jpg
(Portrait_of_Red_Norvo,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Feb._1947)_(LOC)_(5435809579).jpg
(Portrait_of_Dick_Stabile,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Aug._1946)_(LOC)_(5436428280).jpg
(Portrait_of_Cozy_Cole,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Sept._1946)_(LOC)_(5269515180).jpg
(Portrait_of_Shelly_Manne,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._June_1947)_(LOC)_(5395256559).jpg
(Portrait_of_Shelly_Manne,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._June_1947)_(LOC)_(5395853780).jpg
(Glenn_Miller_Orchestra(?),_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_between_1938_and_1948)_(LOC)_(5306384035).jpg
(Portrait_of_Tyree_Glenn,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._July_1947)_(LOC)_(5306973504).jpg
(Noro_Morales'_orchestra,_Glen_Island_Casino(?),_New_York,_N.Y.,_ca._July_1947)_(LOC)_(5395259949).jpg
(Portrait_of_Tiny_Grimes,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Jan._1947)_(LOC)_(4976476321).jpg
(Portrait_of_Bud_Freeman,_Eddie_Condon's(?),_New_York,_N.Y.,_between_1946_and_1948)_(LOC)_(5306966898).jpg
(Portrait_of_Rex_William_Stewart,_Aquarium(?),_New_York,_N.Y.,_ca._June_1946)_(LOC)_(5435819109).jpg
(Portrait_of_Peanuts_Hucko,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Mar._1947)_(LOC)_(5019792171).jpg
(Portrait_of_Louis_Jordan,_Paramount_Theater(?),_New_York,_N.Y.,_ca._July_1946)_(LOC)_(5354172105).jpg
(Portrait_of_Buck_Clayton,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_between_1938_and_1948)_(LOC)_(4931761625).jpg
(Portrait_of_George_Handy,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Jan._1947)_(LOC)_(4976480221).jpg
(Portrait_of_Stan_Kenton,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Jan._1947)_(LOC)_(5020407798).jpg
(Portrait_of_Cootie_Williams,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_between_1938_and_1948)_(LOC)_(5189929368).jpg
(Portrait_of_Jo_Stafford,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._July_1946)_(LOC)_(5148793886).jpg
(Portrait_of_Jess_Stacy,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Jan._1947)_(LOC)_(5148793294).jpg
(Noro_Morales'_orchestra,_Glen_Island_Casino(?),_New_York,_N.Y.,_ca._July_1947)_(LOC)_(5395857402).jpg
(Portrait_of_Les_Paul,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Jan._1947)_(LOC)_(5104555585).jpg
(Portrait_of_Larry_Clinton,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_between_1938_and_1948)_(LOC)_(4932353726).jpg
(Portrait_of_Les_Paul,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Jan._1947)_(LOC)_(5105151726).jpg
(Portrait_of_Duke_Ellington,_Washington,_D.C.(?),_between_1938_and_1948)_(LOC)_(4931777011).jpg
(Portrait_of_Henry_Allen,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_between_1946_and_1948)_(LOC)_(4888653070).jpg
(Portrait_of_Cab_Calloway,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Jan._1947)_(LOC)_(4843122063).jpg
(Portrait_of_Jerry_Gray,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_between_1938_and_1948)_(LOC)_(5306976036).jpg
(Portrait_of_Kai_Winding,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Jan._1947)_(LOC)_(4843764644).jpg
(Portrait_of_Linda_Keene,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._July_1946)_(LOC)_(5019796337).jpg
(Portrait_of_Tiny_Grimes,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Jan._1947)_(LOC)_(5306977478).jpg
(Portrait_of_Flip_Phillips,_Three_Deuces(?),_New_York,_N.Y.,_ca._June_1947)_(LOC)_(5105153566).jpg
(Portrait_of_Billy_Kyle,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_between_1938_and_1948)_(LOC)_(5354796148).jpg
(Portrait_of_Sandy_Williams,_Times_Square(?),_New_York,_N.Y.,_ca._July_1947)_(LOC)_(5189332947).jpg
(Portrait_of_Freddie_Ohms,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Mar._1947)_(LOC)_(5104551305).jpg
(Portrait_of_John_Malachi,_Washington,_D.C.(?),_between_1938_and_1948)_(LOC)_(5062513930).jpg
(Portrait_of_Cozy_Cole,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Sept._1946)_(LOC)_(4932355254).jpg
(Portrait_of_Duke_Ellington,_Howard_Theater(?),_Washington,_D.C.,_ca._June_1946)_(LOC)_(4932366288).jpg
(Portrait_of_Art_Tatum,_Rochester,_N.Y.(?),_ca._May_1946)_(LOC)_(5148796890).jpg
(Portrait_of_Pete_Brown,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_between_1938_and_1948)_(LOC)_(4888068255).jpg
(Portrait_of_Tadd_Dameron,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Sept._1947)_(LOC)_(4932358328).jpg
(Portrait_of_Jo_Stafford,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._July_1946)_(LOC)_(5148793528).jpg
(Portrait_of_Enric_Madriguera,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._June_1947)_(LOC)_(5062513480).jpg
(Portrait_of_Vic_Damone,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_between_1938_and_1948)_(LOC)_(4931766809).jpg
(Portrait_of_Shelly_Manne,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Jan._1947)_(LOC)_(5061905333).jpg
(Portrait_of_Johnny_Bothwell,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Oct._1946)_(LOC)_(4888066683).jpg
(Portrait_of_Harry_Betts,_Richmond,_Va.(?),_1947_or_1948)_(LOC)_(5061892373).jpg
(Portrait_of_Erskine_Butterfield,_Brown_Derby(?),_Washington,_D.C.,_ca._Mar._1942)_(LOC)_(4888667374).jpg
(Portrait_of_Tex_Beneke,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Jan._1947)_(LOC)_(4888662214).jpg
(Portrait_of_George_Handy,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Jan._1947)_(LOC)_(4977092098).jpg
(Portrait_of_Pete_Rugolo,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Dec._1946)_(LOC)_(5104564081).jpg
(Portrait_of_Tyree_Glenn,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._July_1947)_(LOC)_(4843129231).jpg
(Portrait_of_Billie_Holiday,_Downbeat(?),_New_York,_N.Y.,_ca._June_1946)_(LOC)_(4843747486).jpg
(Portrait_of_Sidney_Bechet,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._July_1946)_(LOC)_(4888659740).jpg
(Portrait_of_Sidney_Bechet,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Nov._1946)_(LOC)_(4888063147).jpg
(Portrait_of_Cab_Calloway,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Oct._1946)_(LOC)_(4888071157).jpg
(Portrait_of_Stan_Kenton,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Jan._1947)_(LOC)_(5019798027).jpg
(Portrait_of_Shelly_Manne,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._June_1947)_(LOC)_(5062514190).jpg
(Portrait_of_Jimmie_Lunceford,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Aug._1946)_(LOC)_(5062508654).jpg
(Portrait_of_Les_Paul,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Jan._1947)_(LOC)_(5105151854).jpg
(Portrait_of_Dick_Stabile,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Aug._1946)_(LOC)_(5148793136).jpg
(Portrait_of_Sylvia_Syms,_Little_Casino(?),_New_York,_N.Y.,_ca._June_1947)_(LOC)_(5148191407).jpg
(Portrait_of_Muggsy_Spanier,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Sept._1946)_(LOC)_(5148792362).jpg
(Portrait_of_Jo_Stafford,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._July_1946)_(LOC)_(5148793708).jpg
(Portrait_of_Charlie_Spivak,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Oct._1946)_(LOC)_(5436428186).jpg
(Portrait_of_Red_Norvo,_New_York,_N.Y.(?),_ca._Feb._1947)_(LOC)_(4843754528).jpg
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