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
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 Black Nobel laureate.
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
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