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Frank McCulley Hardt

George Gibbs
Painting
c. 1935
Owner: Union League of Philadelphia
Eric Gugler

Eric Gugler

Frida Gugler
Painting
c. 1942
Owner: National Academy of Design
Alan Manson

Alan Manson

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1941
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Lillian Gish

Isamu Noguchi
Sculpture
c. 1937
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Francis Hermann Bohlen

David L. Swasey
Painting
c. 1930-40
Owner: University of Pennsylvania

Edwin Markham

Gwendolen B. Penniman
Sculpture
c. 1940
Owner: San Jose State University Art Galleries
Cabinet Conference

Cabinet Conference

George Tames
Photograph
1953
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Frances O. Tames
William Meyerowitz

William Meyerowitz

William Meyerowitz
Painting
c. 1943
Owner: National Academy of Design
Murial Smith

Murial Smith

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

Tallulah Brockman Bankhead

Lillian Greneker
Sculpture
c. 1930-40
Owner: Museum of the City of New York

William Allen White

Enit Kaufman
Drawing
c. 1940
Owner: New-York Historical Society
Alicia Markova

Alicia Markova

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1939
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Dwight David Eisenhower

Robert Lee Dean Jr.
Sculpture
c. 1969-89
Owner: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library-Museum
Donald Vivian Bennett

Donald Vivian Bennett

William F. Draper
Painting
1966
Owner: U.S. Military Academy
Mario Joseph Korbel

Mario Joseph Korbel

Martha Greta Kempton
Painting
c. 1937
Owner: National Academy of Design
Damon Runyon

Damon Runyon

Gjon Mili
Photograph
c. 1943
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Frank Benton Ashley Linton

Frank Benton Ashley Linton
Painting
c. 1835
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev

Dwight D. Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev

George Tames
Photograph
1959
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Frances O. Tames

Girl Writing

Milton Clark Avery
Drawing
c. 1941
Owner: Phillips Collection
Janet Flanner

Janet Flanner

George Platt Lynes
Photograph
c. 1940
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Prayer on Park Avenue (Self-Portrait)

Marsden Hartley
Drawing
c. 1939
Owner: Museum of Modern Art

Cordell Hull

Enit Kaufman
Drawing
c. 1935-45
Owner: Harry Ransom Center
Anna May Wong

Anna May Wong

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1938
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Marsden Hartley

Marsden Hartley
Drawing
c. 1930-40
Owner: Allen Memorial Art Museum

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