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Lewis Brereton

Lewis Brereton

Robert S. Sloan
Painting
1941
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

Boris Chaliapin
Painting
1944
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Boris Chaliapin
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny

Jean de Lattre de Tassigny

Boris Chaliapin
Painting
1949
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Boris Chaliapin
Admiral Karl Doenitz

Admiral Karl Doenitz

Boris Artzybasheff
Painting
1943
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Leverett Saltonstall

Leverett Saltonstall

Boris Chaliapin
Painting
1944
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Boris Chaliapin
Oswaldo Aranha

Oswaldo Aranha

Robert S. Sloan
Painting
1941-42
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine
Trygve Lie

Trygve Lie

Boris Chaliapin
Painting
1946
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Boris Chaliapin
Marshal Tito

Marshal Tito

Boris Chaliapin
Painting
1944
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Boris Chaliapin
Maxim Litvinov

Maxim Litvinov

Boris Artzybasheff
Painting
1942
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Booker T. Washington and Sojourner Truth

Charles W. White
Drawing
1943
Owner: Newark Museum
George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver

Betsy Graves Reyneau
Painting
1942
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; gift of the George Washington Carver Memorial Committee to the Smithsonian Institution, 1944
George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver

William Charles Kautz
Print
1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Poster America

George Washington Carver

Christian Petersen
Sculpture
1949
Owner: Iowa State University

George Washington Carver

William Henry Johnson
Painting
1945
Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum

Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln Discussing Emancipation

Hale Woodruff
Painting
1942-1943
Owner: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester

George Washington Carver

Christian Petersen
Drawing
c. 1949
Owner: Iowa State University
Merle Oberon

Merle Oberon

George Hurrell
Photograph
c. 1935
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired in part through the generosity of an anonymous donor
Gene Krupa at 400 Restaurant, New York City

Gene Krupa at 400 Restaurant, New York City

William Paul Gottlieb
Photograph
June 1946 (printed c. 1979)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Estate of William P. Gottlieb

Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr.

Wheeler Williams
Sculpture
1947
Owner: U.S. Naval Academy
Admiral William Frederick Halsey

Admiral William Frederick Halsey

Harry Warnecke
Photograph
1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr.

Wheeler Williams
Sculpture
1947
Owner: U.S. Naval Academy
Howard Thurman

Howard Thurman

Betsy Graves Reyneau
Painting
1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Harmon Foundation
Ruth Temple

Ruth Temple

Betsy Graves Reyneau
Painting
1948
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Harmon Foundation
Jane Mathilda Bolin

Jane Mathilda Bolin

Betsy Graves Reyneau
Painting
1944
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Harmon Foundation

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    • Drawings  1538
    • Photographs  909
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