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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
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Gordon J. Humphrey

Gordon J. Humphrey

Drawing
1984
National Portrait Gallery
David Levine
Bill Shoemaker

Bill Shoemaker

Painting
1994
National Portrait Gallery
Zbigniew Nyczak
Michael Jacobs

Michael Jacobs

Drawing
c. 1938
National Portrait Gallery
William Auerbach-Levy
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
Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis

Drawing
1929
National Portrait Gallery
Samuel Johnson Woolf
Chi Chi Rodríguez

Chi Chi Rodríguez

Photograph
May 2010
National Portrait Gallery
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis

Drawing
c. 1930-33
National Portrait Gallery
Herman Perlman
John Joseph McGraw

John Joseph McGraw

Drawing
c. 1920
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Alfred J. Frueh
Billy Sunday

Billy Sunday

Photograph
c. 1915
National Portrait Gallery
George Arthur Fairbanks
Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis

Drawing
1928
National Portrait Gallery
Samuel Johnson Woolf
Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb

Drawing
1948
National Portrait Gallery
Samuel Johnson Woolf
Casey Stengel

Casey Stengel

Photograph
February 24, 1961
National Portrait Gallery
David Iwerks

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