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Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

Arnold A. Newman
Photograph
1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Arnold Newman

Wilbur Lucius Cross

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

George Calvert

Frederick William Wright
Painting
c. 1900-40
Owner: The White House

Robert Lee Frost

George Granville Barker
Drawing
c. 1940-63
Owner: Harry Ransom Center

Jimmy Walker

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

Abraham Walkowitz

Rubin
Painting
1943
Owner: UNLOCATED

Helen Menken

Agnes Yarnall
Sculpture
1940
Owner: Museum of the City of New York

Josiah Kirby Lilly

Malcolm Stephens Parcell
Painting
1941
Owner: University of Pittsburgh

Sarah Horton Cockrell

Nadine Steele Cockrell
Painting
c. 1870-1943
Owner: Dallas Historical Society
Erwin Frederick Springweiler

Erwin Frederick Springweiler

Walter Gruber
Painting
1947
Owner: National Academy of Design

Elizabeth Mosher McDonald

Garnet W. Jex
Painting
1942
Owner: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, National Park Service

Edgar Lee Masters

Ivan Opffer
Painting
1941
Owner: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

Hu Shih

Albert Delmont Smith
Painting
1946
Owner: New-York Historical Society

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
Omar Nelson Bradley

Omar Nelson Bradley

Ernest Hamlin Baker
Painting
1944
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Self-Portrait

Marion Greenwood
Painting
1948
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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

Henrietta Szold

William Wachtel
Painting
c. 1920-45
Owner: Maryland Historical Society
Van Wyck Brooks

Van Wyck Brooks

Henry Ernest Schnakenberg
Painting
c. 1945-55
Owner: American Academy of Arts and Letters

Marty Cornelius

Reginald Marsh
Painting
1945
Owner: Carnegie Museum of Art

Self Portrait Behind Bars

Voldemar Podder
Painting
1946
Owner: Montana Historical Society
Grandma Moses

Grandma Moses

Arnold A. Newman
Photograph
1949 (printed later)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Roy Rogers

Roy Rogers

Harry Warnecke
Photograph
1942
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Margaret Wise Brown

Margaret Wise Brown

Philippe Halsman
Photograph
1946
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Steve Bello in memory of Jane Halsman Bello

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