William A. Burden, 1946 In 1942, with the strong support of leading aviation executives, the Harvard Business School established the Aviation Research Program to develop vital information and guidance that… […]

Russ Bannock, 1943 Russell William Bannock was a Canadian fighter ace during the Second World War. This portrait of Bannock was in the private collection of Mr. Bannock’s family and… […]

Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1950 The original Broadway production of Oklahoma! opened on March 31, 1943. It is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist… […]

Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1943 Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten was born Prince Louis of Battenberg on June 25, 1900. He was an uncle of Prince Philip, and second cousin… […]

H. G. Wells, 1943 H. G. Wells’ science fiction novel War Of The Worlds was first serialized in 1897 and came out in hardback in 1898. With Martians invading England,… […]

George Bernard Shaw, 1943 by Yousuf Karsh In an article in the UK Observer the author of a new book talks about how Charlotte Shaw was heavily involved in her… […]

Princess Elizabeth and family, 1951 On this day, June 2, in 1953, Princess Elizabeth was formally crowned Queen Elizabeth II. This informal family portrait was made earlier, in 1951 at… […]

H. G. Wells, 1943 On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles supposedly* caused a nationwide panic with a radio broadcast of his adaptation of H. G. Wells’ War of the Worlds,… […]

Photo: Matt Holyoak/Camera Press. The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke framed by Thomas Gainsborough’s portraits of George III and Queen Charlotte from 1781. The Queen is wearing a… […]

“Color Photo Karsh Ottawa” During wartime, Canadian retailers did their best to support the war effort at home by selling war bonds and supporting enlisted staff. “Of a total of… […]

Louise Mirrer, President and CEO, New-York Historical Society, at the grand opening of New-York Historical Society’s “Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms” on May 30, 2018. © Melanie Einzig “Rockwell,… […]

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, 1966 On this day, November 20, in 1947, Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London. Karsh had photographed Her Royal Highness… […]

Princess Elizabeth, 1943 Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born on this day, April 21, in 1926. She was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George… […]

Anthony Eden, 1949 Anthony Eden was born on this day, June 12, in 1897. He became Prime Minister of Great Britain after Winston Churchill‘s resignation in 1955. Karsh photographed The… […]

William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1936 A mystery is solved thanks to our wonderful colleagues at Archives Canada, where the Karsh Fonds are held. Jill Delaney, lead archivist, was able to… […]

King George IV, 1943 On February 6, in 1952, Britain’s King George VI died and his eldest daughter Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II. Both were photographed by Karsh in 1943,… […]

Loma Mulville, 1943 We heard an extraordinary story from a relative of two people who were photographed by Yousuf Karsh in the 1940s. Pilot Officer Richard Jones was photographed in… […]

King George VI, 1943 May 8, 2020, marked the 75th anniversary of the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender… […]

The Right Honorable A. V. Alexander MP, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1943 An author contacted us to inquire about a black and white portrait of “Harold Alexander” for publication… […]

George Bernard Shaw, 1943 Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw died on this day, November 2, in 1950. He wrote more than sixty plays and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel… […]

Prince Philip, 1966 Britain’s Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has died. Karsh photographed the British royal family on several occasions, from 1943 through to 1987. See more images of… […]

Princess Elizabeth, 1951 Great Britain’s longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch, Elizabeth II, is 95 today. Born April 21 in 1926, she became queen after her father King George VI died,… […]

Josip Broz Tito, 1954 Josip Broz, commonly known as Tito, was born on this day, May 7, in 1892. Tito was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various… […]

…cards reading: 1941: “Right Honorable Clement Attlee MP”; 1943: “The Right Honorable Clement Attlee MP, Deputy Prime Minister”; 1945: “The Right Honorable Clement Attlee MP, For LIFE Magazine”; and 1949:… […]

H. G. Wells, 1943 The English author H. G. Wells was born on this day, September 21, in 1866 (d. 1946). Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels,… […]

The cover of this week’s Hello! Canada features this beautiful color portrait from Yousuf Karsh’s 1951 sitting with Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth. This official portrait of Princess Elizabeth was… […]

Princess Elizabeth, 1951 On February 6, 2022, Her Majesty The Queen became the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking her reign of 70 years. Born in 1926,… […]

Judith Jamison, 1990 Judith Jamison is an American dancer and choreographer (b. 1943). She was photographed by Karsh in 1990, when she was the director of the Alvin Ailey American… […]

Princess Elizabeth, 1951 Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 96th birthday today. Born in 1926, Karsh first photographed her as Princess in 1943, and again in 1951; those 1951 portraits show… […]

Josip Broz Tito, 1954 Josip Broz, commonly known as Tito, was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary politician serving in various positions from 1943 until his death on May 4, in 1980… […]

…Sitter cards reading: 1941: “Right Honorable Clement Attlee MP”; 1943: “The Right Honorable Clement Attlee MP, Deputy Prime Minister”; 1945: “The Right Honorable Clement Attlee MP, For LIFE Magazine”; and… […]

King George VI, 1943 On February 6, in 1952, Britain’s King George VI died and his eldest daughter Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II. Both were photographed by Karsh in 1943,… […]

Princess Juliana, 1943 Juliana (1909-2004) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980. She is pictured with her third child, Princess Margriet, who was born on… […]

Agnes Macphail, 1934 Agnes Macphail (1890-1954) was the first woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons and one of the first two women elected to the Ontario legislature. She… […]

Thomas Mann, 1946 Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, winning the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born on this day, June… […]

Vincent Massey, 1952 His Excellency The Right Honorable Vincent Massey (1887-1967) was a Canadian politician and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada from 1952 to 1959. Massey was… […]