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John Carmel Heenan

John Carmel Heenan

Photograph
1860
National Portrait Gallery
Charles DeForest Fredricks
Joe Coburn

Joe Coburn

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Joe Louis

Joe Louis

Photograph
1948
National Portrait Gallery
Irving Penn
Joe Coburn

Joe Coburn

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

Joe Louis

Photograph
1962
National Portrait Gallery
David Iwerks
Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Photograph
c. 1861
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Charles DeForest Fredricks
Victor Cruz

Victor Cruz

Photograph
2012
National Portrait Gallery
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Photograph
1864
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Mathew B. Brady
John Carmel Heenan

John Carmel Heenan

Print
c. 1860
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Currier & Ives Lithography Company
Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Photograph
c. 1861
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Mathew Brady Studio
Joe Louis

Joe Louis

Drawing
1944
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Samuel Johnson Woolf
Jeb Stuart

Jeb Stuart

Photograph
1863
National Portrait Gallery
George S. Cook
Irwin Laughlin

Irwin Laughlin

Photograph
1902
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Gertrude Käsebier
Charles Stuart Boggs

Charles Stuart Boggs

Photograph
1862
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew B. Brady
José Hernández

José Hernández

Photograph
2010
National Portrait Gallery
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

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