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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Positive Transparency
February 1954
National Portrait Gallery
David Daniel Geary
Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon

Print
1975
National Portrait Gallery
Bill Gold
John Huston on the Set of

John Huston on the Set of "Annie"

Photograph
1981 (printed 1983)
National Portrait Gallery
Garry Winogrand
George Arliss in

George Arliss in "The Working Man"

Drawing
1932
National Portrait Gallery
Joseph Grant
Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Photograph
1941 (printed 1983)
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Carl Van Vechten
Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

Print
1930
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Mabel Dwight
James Dean

James Dean

Photograph
1955
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Dennis Stock
Ada

Ada "Bricktop" Smith

Photograph
June 22, 1934
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Carl Van Vechten
Francis Grover Cleveland

Francis Grover Cleveland

Photograph
1984
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Harry Benson
The Storm

The Storm

Drawing
1992
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Edward Sorel
Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Positive Transparency
February 1954
National Portrait Gallery
David Daniel Geary
Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Positive Transparency
February 1954
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David Daniel Geary
Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Photograph
1955
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Sid Avery
Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

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February 1954
National Portrait Gallery
David Daniel Geary
Edgar Bergen

Edgar Bergen

Photograph
1948
National Portrait Gallery
Harry Warnecke Robert F. Cranston Gus Schoenbaechler

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