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 Sitter's Name

sitting #
date
Name
Role, Location, Notes
14380
Mar 30 1982

Christopher Plummer

Dual sitting with James Earl Jones. In costumes for Othello and Iago parts
For LIFE Magazine
9197
Apr 26 1944

Mr. A. F. Plumptre

Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C., Wartime Prices & Trade Board
12050
Nov 10 1961

Mr. Ralph L. Polk

R. L. Polk Company
Through Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
12769
Jun 27 1967

Mrs. W. L. Portman

Daughter of Speaker Sydney Smith (Senate) and official hostess
9193
Apr 25 1944

Mr. Potter

Press Officer, Supreme Court of the USA
10015
Oct 21 1947

Edwin E. Potter Esq.

President in charge of Customers’ Relations, General Electric Company
13026
Jul 12 1969

Mr. Jack Potter

Potter Instrument Co.
Through J Walter Thompson
13942
Jul 1 1977

Nadia Potts

Dancer, in Giselle Act I and Act II
For National Ballet of Canada project
13952
Jul 1 1977

Nadia Potts

Dancer
For National Ballet of Canada project
13903
May 19 1977

Mr. Jody Powell

White House Press Secretary for Jimmy Carter. Photographed together with Mr. Hamilton Jordan at the White House
For TIME Magazine
12592
Nov 12 1965

Mr. Albert Pratt

Paine Weber Jackson and Curtis of Boston
For Manning Public Relations / Finance Magazine Cover
14201
Nov 20 1979

Konald Prem M.D.

Chairman (retiring) Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical School, University of Minnesota
12264
Jun 19 1963

Mr. Hubert Press

Edgars Department Stores, African City, Johannesburg, South Africa
9159
Apr 3 1944

Mr. Byron Price

Director of Censorship, Washington, D.C.
For LIFE Magazine
11210
Sep 19 1955

J. P. Price

President, National Home Corporation
For PIX Publishing
13542
Nov 13 1973

Mr. W. H. Price

Mr. J. Station and Mr. N. D. McMillan, representing Canada Trust; Mr. J. B. Cotsworth and Mr. Price, representing Pan Ocean Oil Co.
For Canada Trust Annual Report, 1973
9509
Apr 1 1945

Mr. Edward F. Prichard

General Counsel, Office of War, Mobilization and Reconversion, Washington, D.C.
For LIFE Magazine
9991
Sep 22 1947

David C. Prince Esq.

Vice President in Charge of General Engineering & Consulting Laboratory, General Electric Company
14705
Oct 8 1985

Mr. Alain Prost

World Champion driver sports car racing
For Paris Match
12452
Oct 23 1964

J. O. Proulx

Retired Principal of Eastview High School. Now Inspector
10014
Oct 20 1947

George R. Prout Esq.

Vice President & General Manager of Air Conditioning Department, General Electric Company
15265
Apr 30 1991

Wolfgang Puck

For “American Legends” series East/West Network
12524
May 6 1965

Mr. Louis Quarles

Quarles, Herriott and Clemons
Northwestern Mutual sitting
11855
Jan 20 1960

Dr. Walter Raczynski

Director of Research and Development, The Ditto Co.
Fulton Morrisey Agency
13706
May 22 1975

Dr. Howard Raiffa

Director, The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
12456
Oct 30 1964

Mr. Harry Ranahan

Vice Chairman of the Board, Industrial Acceptance Corp.
11915
Sep 14 1960

Mr. Henry Rand

President, International Shoe Co.
For Manning Public Relations
11934
Oct 31 1960

Mr. Henry Rand

President, International Shoe Co. International Shoe Assignments
For Manning Public Relations
15055
Jan 20 1989

Dr. Peter Randall

Division of Plastic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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.
14574
Jul 18 1984

Mr. Harry Rasky

Producer, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - TV Arts
12446
Sep 1 1964

Perry T. Rathbone

Museum Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Ivan Dmitri, ''Photography in the Fine Arts.''
9979
Aug 12 1947

E. M. Rawley Esq.

Manager, Royal Alexandra Theatre
For Mayfair Magazine
10077
Jan 16 1948

Edgar T. Read Esq.

Custodian of Enemy Property, Dept. of Secretary of State, Ottawa
11876
May 1 1960

Tom Read

Havana. The Canadian Embassy
13064
Oct 13 1969

Governor Ronald Reagan

Governor of the State of California
Rockwell-Standard American Trucking Association Assignment
11958
Jan 11 1961

Mr. George Reeves

J. Walter Thompson Company
J. Walter Thompson Company Executive Series
13237
Jan 27 1971

Mr. Donald Regan

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
For Finance Magazine Cover
9977
Jul 30 1947

Mr. A. P. Reid

Vice President, Household Finance Corporation of Canada
9390
Nov 27 1944

Mrs. G. L. Reid

Canadian Supervisor, The Welcome Wagon Service Co.
11264
Jan 16 1956

Joseph Reilley

Electrographic Corporation
For PIX Publishing
8365
Oct 5 1942

Mr. Carl Reinke

Man of the Week/ Executive Assistant to the Director, National Selective Service
13670
Jan 7 1975

Mr. Simon Reisman

Deputy Minister of Finance, Department of Finance, Government of Canada
14228
Apr 25 1980

Grant Reuber

Deputy Minister of Finance, Department of Finance, Government of Canada
6670
Sep 25 1940

Rex

Alsation Dog
14082
Nov 29 1978

Mr. Arthur Reynolds

Vice President & Deputy Representative, Banque de la Société Financière Européene
14495
Nov 21 1983

Dr. Jonathan Rhoads

School of Medicine, Dept. of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania
14124
Apr 3 1979

Dr. Donald I. Rice

Executive Director, The College of Family Physicians of Canada
9795
Sep 10 1946

Elmer Rice

Playwright
The Playwrights Company
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