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The Washington Family

The Washington Family

Print
1798
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Savage David Edwin
John Roy Lynch

John Roy Lynch

Photograph
c. 1882
National Portrait Gallery
Charles Milton Bell
George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver

Photograph
c. 1930
National Portrait Gallery
Prentice H. Polk
George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver

Photograph
1938
National Portrait Gallery
Prentice H. Polk
Breaking Him In

Breaking Him In

Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
Josiah Johnson Hawes, Albert Francis Hawes and Charles Ebenezer Hawes

Josiah Johnson Hawes, Albert Francis Hawes and Charles Ebenezer Hawes

Photograph
c. 1845–1848
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Southworth & Hawes Albert Sands Southworth Josiah Johnson Hawes
Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
George Peabody

George Peabody

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c. 1860
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Mathew B. Brady
Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Print
1905
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Anders Leonard Zorn
James M. Ashley

James M. Ashley

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
James Garfield

James Garfield

Photograph
c. 1880
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Napoleon Sarony
Schuyler Colfax

Schuyler Colfax

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Richard Taylor

Richard Taylor

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson

Photograph
1865
National Portrait Gallery
Alexander Gardner
Schuyler Colfax

Schuyler Colfax

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio

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