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Virginia Apgar

Virginia Apgar

Photograph
1966
National Portrait Gallery
Ann Zane Shanks
Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr.

Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr.

Photograph
March 24, 1965 (printed October 2009)
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Dan Budnik
Laura Smith Haviland

Laura Smith Haviland

Photograph
c. 1864
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Unidentified Artist
Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth

Photograph
1864 (printed c. 1870)
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Randall Studio
Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth

Photograph
1864
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Unidentified Artist
The Picnic

The Picnic

Drawing
1912
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Marius de Zayas
Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

Photograph
1949
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Clara Sipprell
John Silas Reed

John Silas Reed

Photograph
c. 1916
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Pirie MacDonald
Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley

Print
1862
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Bobbett & Hooper Wood Engraving Co.
Edward Zane Carroll Judson

Edward Zane Carroll Judson

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley

Photograph
c. 1850
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Unidentified Artist
Odetta

Odetta

Photograph
1954 (printed 1997)
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Bob Willoughby
Grand Masquerade Ball

Grand Masquerade Ball

Print
1866
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Thomas Nast
Edward Delavan and Reuben Mussey

Edward Delavan and Reuben Mussey

Silhouette
1842
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Auguste Edouart
Lucretia Coffin Mott

Lucretia Coffin Mott

Photograph
1862
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Frederick Gutekunst

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