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Architectural sculpture

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c. 1942
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
Edward James

Edward James

Photograph
c. 1940
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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c. 1938
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Edward Jean Steichen
Arthur Compton

Arthur Compton

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c. 1935
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Helen Balfour Morrison
Fred T. Korematsu

Fred T. Korematsu

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c. 1940
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Unidentified Artist
John Dillinger

John Dillinger

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1934
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Unidentified Artist
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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1937
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Unidentified Artist
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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c. 1940
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Unidentified Artist
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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c. 1940
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Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart

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1936
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Unidentified Artist

Blue and gold bedroom of the Villa Coronea near Florence

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c. 1942
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Carl Van Vechten
Ethel Dummer

Ethel Dummer

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c. 1935
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Helen Balfour Morrison
Scottsboro Boys and Juanita Jackson Mitchell

Scottsboro Boys and Juanita Jackson Mitchell

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1936
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Britton & Patterson
Katharine Delano Price Collier

Katharine Delano Price Collier

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c. 1925
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Alfred Cheney Johnston
Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart

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1932
National Portrait Gallery
Underwood & Underwood

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