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Nora Kaye

Nora Kaye

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Pearl Bailey

Pearl Bailey

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
March 12, 1950
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Leontyne Price

Leontyne Price

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
1953
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Donald Edward Saddler

Donald Edward Saddler

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1942
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Ian Gibson

Ian Gibson

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1941-43
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
1936
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Richard Huey

Richard Huey

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1944
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Hugh Laing and Janet Reed

Hugh Laing and Janet Reed

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
October 27, 1944
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Anna May Wong

Anna May Wong

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
1932
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Willa Cather

Willa Cather

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
1936
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche

Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
1951 (printed 1983)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Hugh Laing and Janet Reed

Hugh Laing and Janet Reed

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
October 27, 1944
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Geoffrey Edgar Gorer

Geoffrey Edgar Gorer

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

Carl Van Vechten Self-Portrait

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
1906 (postmarked 1947)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Nora Kaye

Nora Kaye

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Hugh Laing

Hugh Laing

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

Pearl Primus

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
October 11, 1943
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Jared French

Jared French

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1940
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Avon Long

Avon Long

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1942
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Beatrice Pearson

Beatrice Pearson

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
December 13, 1946
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
January 14, 1933
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Prentiss Taylor
Thomas Clayton Wolfe

Thomas Clayton Wolfe

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
April 14, 1937
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Luise Rainer

Luise Rainer

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
September 2, 1937
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
William Eugene Raney

William Eugene Raney

Carl Van Vechten
Photograph
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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