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Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Alva Edison

Drawing
c. 1925
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Henry Major
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Print
1798-99
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Michel Sokolnicki
Samuel Ruben

Samuel Ruben

Drawing
1967
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Robert Handville
Samuel F. B. Morse

Samuel F. B. Morse

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Robert Hare

Robert Hare

Painting
c. 1856
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Alvan Clark
Harvard Observatory Team, Photographing Eclipse

Harvard Observatory Team, Photographing Eclipse

Photograph
1869
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John Adams Whipple
Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell

Painting
1919
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John Wycliffe Lowes Forster
George Westinghouse

George Westinghouse

Sculpture
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Edmondo Quattrocchi
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Print
c. 1800
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Cornelius Tiebout
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Print
1793
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Edward Savage
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Medal
1801
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Robert Scott
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Sculpture
after 1778
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Valentine Mott

Valentine Mott

Sculpture
c. 1868-69
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Haas & Robertson August Haas Gilbert A. Robertson
Samuel F. B. Morse

Samuel F. B. Morse

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Print
1840
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Nathaniel Currier

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