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Bill Tilden and George Herman

Bill Tilden and George Herman "Babe" Ruth

Drawing
1926
National Portrait Gallery
Charles Verschuuren
Earl Sande

Earl Sande

Photograph
c. 1928
National Portrait Gallery
Underwood & Underwood
Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

Drawing
c. 1929
National Portrait Gallery
William Auerbach-Levy
Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth

Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth

Photograph
c. 1931
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis

Drawing
1929
National Portrait Gallery
Samuel Johnson Woolf
Billy Sunday

Billy Sunday

Print
1923
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George Wesley Bellows
John Joseph McGraw

John Joseph McGraw

Drawing
c. 1920
National Portrait Gallery
Alfred J. Frueh
Gertrude Ederle

Gertrude Ederle

Photograph
1925
National Portrait Gallery
Underwood & Underwood
Billy Sunday

Billy Sunday

Photograph
c. 1915
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George Arthur Fairbanks
Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis

Drawing
1928
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Samuel Johnson Woolf
Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

Print
1925
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Miguel Covarrubias
Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

Photograph
1927 (printed 1978)
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Nickolas Muray
Le Tumulte Noir/Tennis Player

Le Tumulte Noir/Tennis Player

Print
1927
National Portrait Gallery
Paul Colin
Carl Ben Eielson

Carl Ben Eielson

Photograph
c. 1926
National Portrait Gallery
Charles Cann
Duke Kahanamoku

Duke Kahanamoku

Photograph
c. 1915
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist

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