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
12321
Dec 9 1963

Richard Perkin

Chairman of the Board, Perkin-Elmer Corporation
12343
Feb 3 1964

Walter J. McNerney

President, International Blue Cross
Northwestern Mutual sitting
12344
Feb 4 1964

Herbert L. Barnet

Chairman, The Pepsi Cola Company, & Donald M. Kendall, President
12344
Feb 4 1964

Donald M. Kendall

President, The Pepsi Cola Company, & Herbert Barnet, Chairman
12347
Feb 2 1964

Morris Fishbein

Editor, Medical World News
Through Rapho Guillumette Pictures
12353
Feb 10 1964

Yousuf Karsh

By Guy Robillard at Government House, Ottawa
12358
Mar 6 1964

Mr. William Hobbs

President, M.A. Hanna Co.
Northwestern Mutual sitting
12363
Mar 17 1964

Mr. John H. Moore

President, John Labatt Ltd.
For Dominion Brewers Association
12364
Mar 17 1964

Dr. Taylor

Principal, University of Alberta
12386
May 1 1964

Mr. Erik Spicer

Parliamentary Librarian, The Library of Parliament, Ottawa
12388
May 9 1964

Sir Laurence Olivier

As Dr. Astrov in Uncle Vanya, The Old Vic Theatre, London, England
12394
Jun 9 1964

Wenzel Jaksch

Member of Parliament, Social Democrat, Bonn, Germany
12395
Jun 9 1964

Dr. Erik Mende

Federal Minister for All-German Questions
12404
Jun 24 1964

Dr. Gerhard Muller

President of the Supreme Court, Bundesverfassungsgericht
12405
Jun 25 1964

J. Hermann

General Director, Deutsche Bank
12418
Aug 10 1964

Christmas Card

Veiled Virgin, St. John’s, Newfoundland
For J. Walter Thompson
12420
Aug 18 1964

Miss Gladys Erskine

Assistant Director of Nursing Education, Victoria Hospital Nursing School, London, Ontario
12421
Aug 19 1964

Dr. Harry Ballon

Surgeon in Chief, The Jewish General Hospital, Montreal
12426
Sep 3 1964

Mr. T. H. Davis

President, Piedmont Airlines
For American Airlines
12428
Sep 8 1964

Mr. L. E. Glasgow

President, Central Airlines
American Airlines Sitting
12430
Sep 9 1964

Mr. Converse

President, Bonanza Airlines
American Airlines Sitting
12433
Sep 15 1964

Mr. Nick Bez

President, West Coast Airlines
American Airlines Sitting
12435
Sep 17 1964

Mr. Robert Peach

President, Mohawk Airlines
American Airlines Sitting
12438
Sep 1 1964

Mr. James Rorimer

Museum Director, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ivan Dmitri, ''Photography in the Fine Arts.''
12445
Sep 1 1964

Mr. Bart Hayes

Museum Director, Addison Gallery of American Art
Ivan Dmitri, ''Photography in the Fine Arts.''
12446
Sep 1 1964

Perry T. Rathbone

Museum Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Ivan Dmitri, ''Photography in the Fine Arts.''
12448
Sep 1 1964

Dr. Richard Fuller

Museum Director, Seattle Art Museum
Ivan Dmitri, ''Photography in the Fine Arts.''
12450
Sep 1 1964

Mr. Otto Whitman

Museum Director, Toledo Museum of Art
Ivan Dmitri, ''Photography in the Fine Arts.''
12451
Sep 1 1964

Mr. Sherman Lee

Museum Director, Cleveland Museum of Art
Ivan Dmitri, ''Photography in the Fine Arts.''
12452
Oct 23 1964

J. O. Proulx

Retired Principal of Eastview High School. Now Inspector
12455
Oct 29 1964

Mr. Grant E. Wemp

Chairman of the Board, Industrial Acceptance Corporation
12456
Oct 30 1964

Mr. Harry Ranahan

Vice Chairman of the Board, Industrial Acceptance Corp.
12458
Sep 1 1964

Mr. Leslie Cheek

Museum Director, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Ivan Dmitri, "Photography in the Fine Arts.''
12459
Sep 1 1964

Mr. John Walker

Museum Director, National Gallery of Art
Ivan Dmitri, ''Photography in the Fine Arts.''
12464
Sep 1 1964

Dr. Evan Turner

Museum Director, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Ivan Dmitri, ''Photography in the Fine Arts.''
12465
Nov 16 1964

Kempton Dunn

Chairman, American Brake Shoe Co.
Northwestern Mutual sitting
12466
Nov 17 1964

Robert Beyer

Managing Partner, Touche Ross Bailey and Smart
Northwestern Mutual sitting
12476
Sep 1 1964

Mr. T. S. Buechner

Museum Director, Brooklyn Museum
Ivan Dmitri, ''Photography in the Fine Arts.''
12477
Sep 1 1964

Carl Weinhardt

Museum Director, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Ivan Dmitri, ''Photography in the Fine Arts.''
12499
Feb 17 1965

Padré Kino

Suzanne Stevenson Silvercruys (Statue) in Washington Capitol
12501
Feb 18 1965

Mr. Pete Noyes

President, Oneida Silver Co.
For Manning Public Relations
12502
Feb 20 1965

Mr. U. Thant

Secretary General, The United Nations
12524
May 6 1965

Mr. Louis Quarles

Quarles, Herriott and Clemons
Northwestern Mutual sitting
12547
Jun 26 1965

Joseph Noble

Operating Administrator, Metropolitan Museum of Art
12551
Jul 2 1965

Leo Rosten

Special Advisor, Look Magazine
12565
Jul 29 1965

Leo Rosten

Special Advisor, Look Magazine
12572
Aug 25 1966

Mr. Charles E. Spahr

President, Standard Oil Company
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
12587
Oct 27 1965

Mr. Stanley Pace

Thompson, Ramo, Wooldridge
Northwestern Mutual sitting
12592
Nov 12 1965

Mr. Albert Pratt

Paine Weber Jackson and Curtis of Boston
For Manning Public Relations / Finance Magazine Cover
12594
Nov 24 1965

General David Sarnoff

President, Chairman of the Board, Radio Corporation of America, RCA
For Finance Magazine Cover
12602
Dec 15 1965

Governor Otto Kerner

Governor of Illinois
For Rockwell Standard and American Trucking Assn.
12605
Dec 12 1965

Mr. W. P. Harsh

Vice President & Director of Personnel, Hallmark Cards Inc.
12610
Jan 21 1966

Nasser

President of Egypt
12621
Feb 24 1966

Mr. Murray Kyger

President, First National Bank of Fort Worth
For Finance Magazine Cover
12623
Mar 19 1966

David Hostetler

Fine Arts Dept., Ohio University
American Artists Series
12638
Apr 22 1966

Beaumont Newhall

Director, George Eastman House
Snaps taken at Montreal during selection by International Panel of Exhibitions for Canadian Pavilion at EXPO67
12648
May 11 1966

Mr. M. Sadler

President, American Airlines
For Finance Magazine
12649
Jan 1 1966

Paul Hawkins

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Children
12673
Aug 25 1966

James J. Nance

First National Bank of Cleveland
For Finance Magazine Cover
12688
Oct 1 1966

Hugh Armstrong

Ontario Department of Tourism and Industry. For James Lovick Advertising
12695
Oct 24 1966

George J. Leness

Chairman of the Board, Merrill Lynch Co.
For Finance Magazine
12696
Oct 26 1966

Mr. W. G. McDowell

Principal, Central Peel Secondary School, Brampton, Ontario
12697
Nov 7 1966

Marius Barbeau

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.
12709
Nov 7 1966

G. Orosy

Ontario Department of Tourism and Industry. For James Lovick Advertising
12717
Jan 13 1967

Mr. H. I. Romnes

Chairman, American Telephone and Telegraph
For Finance Magazine
12730
Mar 7 1967

Mr. A. M. Fulton

Principal, Northumberland Secondary School, Brighton, Ontario
12761
May 30 1967

D. Kenneth Sargent

Dean of Architecture, Syracuse University
Northwestern Mutual sitting
12762
Jun 2 1967

Mr. A. Murray Vaughan

British American Banknote Co. Photographed at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
12763
Jun 5 1967

Edward A. Ring

President & Chairman of the Board, Circle F Industries
12769
Jun 27 1967

Mrs. W. L. Portman

Daughter of Speaker Sydney Smith (Senate) and official hostess
12778
Aug 10 1967

Rudolph Peterson

President of the Bank of America
For Finance Magazine
12791
Sep 14 1967

Mr. Lawrence Appley

President, American Management Association
For Finance Magazine
12796
Oct 9 1967

Mr. Paul Miller

First Boston Corporation, New York City
For Finance Magazine
12802
Oct 19 1967

G. H. G. Dyson

Director of Athletics, The Roya Canadian Legation
12804
Apr 4 1968

Mr. Rex Kitely

Ontario Department of Tourism and Industry. For James Lovick Advertising
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