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Robert E. Lee and Staff G.W.C. Lee and Walter H. Taylor

Robert E. Lee and Staff G.W.C. Lee and Walter H. Taylor

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Admiral Nimitz signing the Instruments of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri

Admiral Nimitz signing the Instruments of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri

Photograph
September 2, 1945
National Portrait Gallery
Arthur B. Rickerby
Francis Wayland

Francis Wayland

Silhouette
1840
National Portrait Gallery
Auguste Edouart
General Robert E. Lee and Staff

General Robert E. Lee and Staff

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1865 (printed c. 1866)
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Mathew B. Brady
Herbert Hoover and his Cabinet

Herbert Hoover and his Cabinet

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c. 1930
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Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

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1910
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Robert E. Lee and Staff G.W.C. Lee and Walter H. Taylor

Robert E. Lee and Staff G.W.C. Lee and Walter H. Taylor

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
The Front of the Bus

The Front of the Bus

Drawing
1993
National Portrait Gallery
Patrick Oliphant
James Garfield

James Garfield

Print
1880
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Peace Signing on the Jordan River

Peace Signing on the Jordan River

Photograph
1994
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Diana Walker
Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington

Photograph
1915
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Arthur Paul Bedou
Jewel Plummer Cobb

Jewel Plummer Cobb

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1988
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Brian Lanker
Wilson Family

Wilson Family

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c. 1911
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Pach Brothers Studio
Grover Cleveland and James G. Blaine

Grover Cleveland and James G. Blaine

Print
1884
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist

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