Karsh Signature

Yousuf Karsh, master photographer of the 20th century

Sittings

Every sitting was recorded on a card file by the Karsh studio. The cards have been transcribed and are searchable here. Some personal data has been excluded, some information corrected, and some standardizations have been made to make searching simpler, but otherwise the information you see is largely how it was originally typed. Browse or search below by name, and choose to order the sittings by number, date or name.

BY NUMBER NAME DATE

Sittings by Sitting Number

sitting #
date
Name
Role, Location, Notes
10344
Jul 9 1949

Jean Cocteau

Writer, Playwright, Poet, Painter, Producer, Etc.
10347
Jul 15 1949

J. H. Loudon

Director of Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd.
Shell Oil Sittings
10349
Jul 19 1949

Hector Macneil

Minister of State, Foreign Office, Whitehall, London
10353
Jul 22 1949

Harold Wilson

President of the Board of Trade, London, England
10355
Jul 26 1949

Anthony Eden

Leader of the Opposition (Conservative Party)
10359
Jul 28 1949

Lord Moran

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, London, England
10363
Aug 30 1949

Dean C. R. Young

Faculty of Applied Science, University of Toronto
Arranged and sponsored by Engineering Alumni Assoc.
10364
Aug 1 1949

Europe

Summer. Various views and people.
10367
Sep 13 1949

C. H. Greenewalt Esq.

President, Du Pont de Nemours & Co. Inc.
Through PIX Publishing re E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. Inc.
10382
Oct 21 1949

Dr. William L. Robinson

Professor of Surgical Pathology, University of Toronto, Chief of Surgical Pathology Department
10385
Oct 27 1949

H. W. Manning Esq.

Vice President & Managing Director, The Great-West Life Assurance Co.
10389
Aug 1 1948

Madame Karsh

Senior, YK’s Mother. Taken in Studio, Summer of 1948
10390
Aug 1 1948

Mr. Karsh

Senior. YK’s Father. Taken in Studio, Summer of 1948
10396
Nov 23 1949

Charles E. Wilson

President, General Motors Corporation
For Esquire Magazine
10397
Nov 23 1949

George W. Mason Esq.

President & Chairman, Nash-Kelvinator Corp.
For Esquire Magazine
10400
Nov 29 1949

Camille Gutt Esq.

Chairman & Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
10402
Nov 29 1949

General Carl J. Gray

Head of Veteran’s Bureau, Washington, D.C.
For J. Walter Thompson
10412
Jan 6 1950

Hugh J. Ferry Esq.

President, Packard Motor Car Company
For Esquire Magazine
10424
Jan 19 1950

George Green

Secretary to Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, Minister of Labour
10428
Jan 29 1950

Dean Boggs

N.Y. Post Graduate Medical School
10439
Feb 13 1950

J. C. Cushing Esq.

Executive Vice President, National Breweries
For Dominion Brewers Association
10440
Feb 13 1950

J. B. Cross Esq.

President, Calgary Brewing & Malting Co.
For Dominion Brewers Association
10441
Feb 14 1950

R. L. Hearne Esq.

General Manager & Chief Engineer, Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission
10445
Mar 1 1950

Frank Weil

President, National Jewish Welfare Board
10447
Feb 18 1950

Eugene Kash

Musical Director, National Film Board, Ottawa. Ottawa Childrens’ Concerts, and at Studio
10451
Mar 29 1950

E. C. Sammons Esq.

President, United States National Bank
For J. Walter Thompson Chicago
10452
Aug 1 1949

Christmas Cards

Chartres Cathedral, Wayside Chapel in Bavaria, “The Angels”, “Adoration of the Magi”
For J. Walter Thompson
10462
May 4 1950

Herbert G. Fales

Vice President, International Nickel Company
For PIX Publishing
10470
Jan 4 1950

Capri

YK's Easter visit
10472
May 22 1950

Dr. Paul Merica

Executive Vice President, International Nickel Company of Canada
Through PIX Publishing
10473
May 24 1950

George Szell Esq.

Director of Cleveland Orchestra
Through PIX Publishing re E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. Inc.
10474
May 25 1950

Yukio Ozaki

Former Mayor of Tokyo
Readers Digest
10479
Jun 8 1950

Dr. Clara C. Benson

Retired Professor of Food Chemistry, Dept. of Household Science, University of Toronto
10481
Jun 20 1950

John J. Raskob Esq.

Builder of the Empire State Building
Through PIX Publishing re E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. Inc.
10486
Jul 8 1950

J. E. Hoeft Esq.

President, Glendale Federal Savings & Loan Association
10491
Aug 30 1950

D. C. Betts Esq.

Canadian Breweries Ltd.
For Dominion Brewers Association
10492
Sep 6 1959

Dr. Edwin Griswold Nourse

Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Northwestern Mutual sitting for J. Walter Thompson
10498
Sep 1 1950

Harry W. Morrison Esq.

President, Morrison-Knudsen Company Inc.
For J. Walter Thompson Chicago (Northwestern Mutual account)
10499
Sep 19 1950

Dr. Alfred Blalock

Surgeon-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Hospital. (Of Blue Baby fame)
10515
Nov 1 1950

Herman B. Steinkraus

President and Chairman of the Board, Bridgeport Brass Co.
For Northwestern Mutual, J. Walter Thompson
10517
Oct 31 1950

Dr. Ralph J. Bunche

Professor of Government, Harvard University. “First ‘Negro’ to win Nobel Peace Prize”
10518
Oct 31 1950

Sir Gladwyn Jebb

British Delegate to United Nations
For THE QUEEN Magazine, London
10519
Nov 2 1950

Francis P. Matthews

Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C.
For Parade Magazine, through PIX
10521
Nov 2 1950

Mr. Robert A. Lovett

Under Secretary of State, Washington, D.C.
For PIX Publishing, Parade
10522
Nov 3 1950

Thomas K. Finletter

Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C.
For Parade Magazine, through PIX
10533
Nov 21 1950

General Omar Bradley

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C.
For Parade Magazine, through PIX
10535
Nov 21 1950

Dr. Vannevar Bush

Carnegie Institute of Washington
Through PIX Publishing
10539
Nov 24 1950

Frank Pace Jr.

Secretary of the Army, Dept. of Defense, Washington, DC
10542
Nov 27 1950

Lawrence Langner

Director, The Theatre Guild Inc.
Northwestern Mutual sitting for J. Walter Thompson
10543
Nov 28 1950

Raymond Loewy Esq.

Industrial Designer
Arranged at request of Fred Birmingham - Esquire
10549
Dec 11 1950

T. J. Emmert Esq.

Executive Vice President, Ford Motor Co. of Canada, Ltd.
10551
Dec 14 1950

J. G. Johnston Esq.

Johnston, Everson & Charlesworth, writers on Public Relations
10564
Jan 19 1951

Curtis H. Gager Esq.

Vice President & Director, General Foods Corp.
Through PIX Publishing. General Foods
10571
Jan 30 1951

W. Robbins Esq.

Vice President, General Foods Corp.
Through PIX Publishing
10572
Jan 30 1951

Udell Young Esq.

Vice President, General Foods Corp.
Through PIX Publishing
10573
Jan 30 1951

Clarence Francis Esq.

Chairman of the Board, General Foods Corporations
Through PIX Publishing. General Foods
10574
Feb 3 1951

General Omar Bradley

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C.
10578
Mar 6 1951

Warren W. Brown Esq.

Vice President i/c Traffic, Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co.
10580
Mar 6 1951

Signatures

Photographic copies made from various sources
10581
Mar 15 1951

Mr. Denis Amyot

Secretary of the Association of Canadian Distillers
10609
May 14 1951

D. C. Gaskin Esq.

Vice President & General Manager, Studebaker Corp. of Canada
10613
May 26 1951

Lawrence W. Tice Esq.

President, International Correspondence Schools
Northwestern Mutual sitting for J. Walter Thompson
10636
Sep 12 1951

H. F. Sadler Esq.

Vice President, United States Gypsum Co.
Through Hedrich-Blessing
10637
Sep 11 1951

C. H. Shaver Esq.

Vice President & Treasurer, United States Gypsum Company
Through Hedrich-Blessing
10639
Sep 12 1951

Earl C. Faulkner Esq.

General Sales Manager, United States Gypsum Co.
Through Hedrich-Blessing
10650
Oct 10 1951

George Blaisdell

President, Zippo Lighter Co.
Lord Calvert Series
10655
Oct 16 1951

A. B. Edge Esq. Jr.

President, Calloway Mills Co.
For J. Walter Thompson (Northwestern Mutual account)
10657
Oct 23 1951

George B. Oland Esq.

President & Managing Director, Moosehead Breweries Ltd.
For Dominion Brewers Association
10659
Oct 23 1951

Lois Deacon

(Muir)
Tests made with Monty for lighting
10671
Nov 1 1951

Fred Cole Esq.

Lord Calvert Series. For Geyer Newell & Ganger Inc.
10673
Nov 1 1951

James Hilton

For J Walter Thompson Ballantine Account
10676
Nov 27 1951

Mr. P. T. Wagoner

Chairman, The Underwood Company
Through PIX Publishing
10679
Nov 28 1951

A. C. Fuller Esq.

Chairman of the Board, The Fuller Brush Company
Through PIX Publishing
10680
Nov 29 1951

Award Fuller Esq.

Vice President & General Manager, The Fuller Brush Company
10685
Dec 7 1951

Elinor Lipper

Author; Soviet prison camp survivor
For Saturday Night Magazine
10687
Dec 11 1951

Dr. Harold Hunt

Northwestern Mutual Insurance
For J Walter Thompson
10714
Feb 25 1952

Lord Hives

Chairman of the Board & Managing Director, Rolls Royce Ltd.
10720
Mar 11 1952

Steinway

Family Group. Steinway & Sons
10727
Apr 10 1952

Kenneth Adams Esq.

President, Phillips Petroleum Company
Northwestern Mutual sitting for J. Walter Thompson
10737
Apr 28 1952

Solange Karsh

With Mme Gauthier and Nun, Mother St. Thomas Aquinas
10758
Jun 24 1952

Boeschenstein

Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.
Northwestern Mutual sitting for J. Walter Thompson
10769
Aug 30 1952

Mrs. Ives

Sister to Adlai Stevenson
10783
Sep 20 1952

J. E. Brownlee QC

President & General Manager, United Grain Growers Ltd.
10786
Oct 9 1952

Herbert E. Miller

President & Managing Director, Miller Lithographic Co. Ltd.
10801
Nov 19 1952

Mr. W. M. Robbins

Vice President, General Foods Corp.
Through PIX Publishing
10808
Nov 24 1952

J. K. Evans

General Manager, Maxwell House Div., General Foods
10809
Nov 24 1952

Harper

President, Maryland Casualty Corp
Through PIX Publishing
10810
Nov 26 1952

K. C. Towe

President, American Cyamid Co.
For J. M. Mathes Advertising through PIX Publishing
10813
Dec 1 1952

W. S. Gray

Chairman of the Board, Hanover Bank
10833
Dec 15 1952

Winthrop W. Aldrich

Chairman of the Board Of Directors, Chase National Bank. Ambassador of U.S to Britain
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