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Moros in their catamaran

Photograph
November 26, 1904
National Portrait Gallery
Jessie Tarbox Beals
Patent Office

Patent Office

Print
c. 1909-15
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Stokely Carmichael

Stokely Carmichael

Photograph
1967
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Gordon Parks
Reverend Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., with His Sunday School Class, Abyssinian Baptist Church

Reverend Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., with His Sunday School Class, Abyssinian Baptist Church

Photograph
1925
National Portrait Gallery
James VanDerZee
The Herald of Relief from America

The Herald of Relief from America

Print
published February 28, 1880
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Thomas Nast
John Randolph

John Randolph

Silhouette
1844
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E. B. & E. C. Kellogg Lithography Company
Abiquiu (34 of 48)

Abiquiu (34 of 48)

Photograph
1966 (printed later)
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John Loengard
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Print
c. 1845
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Nathaniel Currier
General Leonard Wood and Colonel Joseph Dorst

General Leonard Wood and Colonel Joseph Dorst

Photograph
c. 1889
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Unidentified Artist
Patent Office

Patent Office

Photographic Negative
c. 1870
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Unidentified Artist
Patent Office

Patent Office

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c. 1870
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E. & H. T. Anthony & Company
Pond Piece From the

Pond Piece From the "Ridge"

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c. 1900
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Margaret "Daisy" Sutermeister
Robert Moses

Robert Moses

Photograph
1959
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Arnold A. Newman
Civil War Camp Scenes

Civil War Camp Scenes

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Drummer Boys

Drummer Boys

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio

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