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William Ashby McCloy

William Ashby McCloy
Drawing
c. 1943
Owner: Wolfsonian-Florida International University Museum
Marguerite Namara

Marguerite Namara

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1940
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Katharine Hepburn -- Bo Peep After Hit by Pie

Katharine Hepburn -- Bo Peep After Hit by Pie

Walt Disney Studios
Drawing
c. 1938
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Miriam and Stuart Reisbord

Ella Penton Dancy Dibrell

Lonnie Rees
Painting
c. 1930-40
Owner: Elisabet Ney Museum

Wilbur Lucius Cross

John Christen Johansen
Painting
c. 1935-45
Owner: American Academy of Arts and Letters

Jimmy Walker

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1930-40
Owner: Museum of the City of New York

Babe Ruth and Mel Ott of the New York Giants Looking at Ruth's Magazine, "Baseball Advice"

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1936
Owner: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Blackbirds in a Pie

Blackbirds in a Pie

Walt Disney Studios
Drawing
c. 1938
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Miriam and Stuart Reisbord

Thomas Swain Barclay

Louie Rice
Painting
c. 1930-42
Owner: Stanford University-Dispersed Art Collection
Gracie Allen and George Burns

Gracie Allen and George Burns

Unidentified Artist
Photograph
c. 1940
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of an anonymous donor
Mural Study #4:

Mural Study #4:

John Decker
Drawing
c. 1941
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Alice Kent Stoddard

Alice Kent Stoddard

Alice Kent Stoddard
Painting
c. 1938
Owner: National Academy of Design
Admiral Chester Nimitz

Admiral Chester Nimitz

Dean Cornwell
Painting
1944
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the family of Chester W. Nimitz, Jr.
Three Men Out of Tub

Three Men Out of Tub

Walt Disney Studios
Drawing
c. 1938
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Miriam and Stuart Reisbord
Ferrer and Swanson in Twentieth Century

Ferrer and Swanson in Twentieth Century

Norkin
Drawing
c. 1940
Owner: Columbia University, Art Properties

Gertrude Lawrence

Christina Malman
Drawing
1936-40
Owner: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Robert Andrews Millikan

Georges Schreiber
Drawing
c. 1936
Owner: Harry Ransom Center

Gideon Shryock

Bayless E. Hardin
Painting
c. 1938
Owner: Kentucky Historical Society
Hugh Laing

Hugh Laing

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1943
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson

Sir Cecil Beaton
Photograph
c. 1935
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Virginia M. Zabriskie

Isadora Duncan III

Abraham Walkowitz
Drawing
1930-40
Owner: National Gallery of Art
Grant Tyson Reynard

Grant Tyson Reynard

Charles Shepard Chapman
Painting
c. 1940
Owner: National Academy of Design

Dwight David Eisenhower

Walker Kirtland Hancock
Medal
1953
Owner: The Henry Ford

Sightseeing in Washington

Clifford Kennedy Berryman
Drawing
c. 1941
Owner: National Gallery of Art

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