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Wilbert Robinson

Wilbert Robinson

Drawing
1930
National Portrait Gallery
Samuel Johnson Woolf
Earl Sande

Earl Sande

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

The Babe

Periodical
1933
National Portrait Gallery
Miguel Covarrubias
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
Michael Jacobs

Michael Jacobs

Drawing
c. 1938
National Portrait Gallery
William Auerbach-Levy
Bobby Jones

Bobby Jones

Photograph
c. 1936
National Portrait Gallery
Harold E. Edgerton
Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson

Photograph
1933
National Portrait Gallery
James VanDerZee
Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis

Drawing
c. 1930-33
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Herman Perlman
Eddie Arcaro

Eddie Arcaro

Drawing
c. 1938
National Portrait Gallery
William Auerbach-Levy
Eleanor Holm and Helene Madison

Eleanor Holm and Helene Madison

Photograph
1932
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Edward Jean Steichen
Bill Tilden

Bill Tilden

Photograph
1930
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Soichi Sakamoto holding stopwatch

Soichi Sakamoto holding stopwatch

Photograph
c. 1939
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Mitsuo "Pipi" Wakayama
Carl Ben Eielson

Carl Ben Eielson

Photograph
c. 1926
National Portrait Gallery
Charles Cann
Densmore Shute Bends The Shaft

Densmore Shute Bends The Shaft

Photograph
1938 (printed c. 1980-81)
National Portrait Gallery
Harold E. Edgerton

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