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
14162
Jul 23 1979

Eugene Ormandy

Conductor (retiring) The Philadelphia Orchestra
2750
Dec 8 1936

Frank Orme

(Dulcie, Joan, Jimmie, Edith, Frank and Betty Owen)
12709
Nov 7 1966

G. Orosy

Ontario Department of Tourism and Industry. For James Lovick Advertising
12709
Nov 7 1966

Corporal George Orosy

Ontario Provincial Police
Ontario Department of Tourism and Industry.
13560
Dec 14 1973

Mr. Reese A. Overcash

President & Chief Operating Officer, American Credit Corporation (Subsidiary of the Wachovia Corporation) Photographed with Mr. Edwin P. Latimer of American Credit Corporation
For The 1973 Wachovia Corporation Annual Report
15048
Jan 10 1989

John B. Overzet

with Chris Mullin and Henry Stolp, Penta Stolp Corporation
10177
Jun 19 1948

Dr. J. J. Ower

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta
Deans of Medicine of Canadian Universities. For Charles E. Frosst Company
12953
Dec 7 1968

Mr. Ben Oxnard

Senior Vice President, Great West Sugar Company
10474
May 25 1950

Yukio Ozaki

Former Mayor of Tokyo
Readers Digest
10539
Nov 24 1950

Frank Pace Jr.

Secretary of the Army, Dept. of Defense, Washington, DC
12587
Oct 27 1965

Mr. Stanley Pace

Thompson, Ramo, Wooldridge
Northwestern Mutual sitting
15270
May 22 1991

Arnold Palmer

For “American Legends” series East/West Network
7746
Dec 30 1941

Mr. W. Park

Assistant to the Chairman, Wartime Prices & Trade Board
10305
Apr 12 1949

Kenneth Parker Esq.

President, The Parker Pen Company
For J. Walter Thompson Chicago
11705
Nov 4 1958

Kenneth Parker

President, The Parker Pen Company
For Western Union Series through Benton and Bowles
11195
Aug 2 1955

Mr. R. D. Parker

Vice President and General Manager, International Nickel Co.
15149
Feb 2 1990

Gordon Parks

For “American Legends” series East/West Network
14758
Mar 3 1986

Joe Paterno

For Ogilvy & Mather “Staying Power” Series (for Panhandle Eastern Corp.)
11117
Nov 24 1954

Mr. Morehead Paterson

President, American Machine and Foundry Corp.
Through PIX Publishing
13517
Sep 11 1973

Mr. Tom Patterson

Founder of Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Photographed with Mr. Jean Gascon and Mr. William Hutt at the Theatre, Stratford, Ontario
14092
Jan 15 1979

Pope Paul II

Photographed Hall: Paintings and tapestries second half of 18th century dedicated to Pope Clemens VIII 1765
12274
Aug 1 1963

Pope Paul VI

With Yousuf Karsh - candids taken by Peter Mitchell
12435
Sep 17 1964

Mr. Robert Peach

President, Mohawk Airlines
American Airlines Sitting
10000
Sep 25 1947

Robert S. Peare Esq.

Vice President in Charge of Advertising, Broadcasting and Publicity, General Electric Company
9912
Apr 9 1947

Mr. Harold C. Pearson

General Manager, Dewey & Almy Chemical Co. of Canada Ltd. Perth Shoe Company
9184
Apr 17 1944

Mr. L. B. Pearson

(Mike) Minister Counselor, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C.
14265
Oct 10 1980

Dr. Ben Peckham

Chairman, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Wisconsin Hospital
13402
Aug 21 1972

Mr. Ambrose Peddle

Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament from Newfoundland
9759
May 27 1946

Jan Peerce

Opera singer. And Leonard Warren
12321
Dec 9 1963

Richard Perkin

Chairman of the Board, Perkin-Elmer Corporation
13267
Jun 14 1971

H. Ross Perot

Electronics Data Systems
For Finance Magazine
11217
Sep 29 1955

General Wilton B. Persons

Liaison Officer. Deputy Assistant to the President
For LIFE Magazine, through PIX Publishing
12778
Aug 10 1967

Rudolph Peterson

President of the Bank of America
For Finance Magazine
13798
Apr 2 1976

Pat Phoenix

Elsie Tanner in “Coronation Street”
12056
Nov 15 1961

Arnold Picker

United Artists Pictures
Northwestern Mutual sitting
8983
Sep 12 1943

M. Hubert Pierlot

Prime Minister & Minister of National Defence for Belgium
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