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Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Photograph
c. 1893
National Portrait Gallery
Sallie E. Garrity
Afro-American Historical Family Record

Afro-American Historical Family Record

Print
1899
National Portrait Gallery
James M. Vickroy
A Dodge That Won't Work

A Dodge That Won't Work

Print
1872
National Portrait Gallery
John Cameron
John G. Nicolay

John G. Nicolay

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
The Hobby in the Kinder-Garten

The Hobby in the Kinder-Garten

Print
1874
National Portrait Gallery
Thomas Nast
Samuel F. B. Morse

Samuel F. B. Morse

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Norman Corwin

Norman Corwin

Photograph
March 1945
National Portrait Gallery
Philippe Halsman
William F. Buckley, Jr.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Photograph
c. 1984
National Portrait Gallery
Michael Arthur Worden Evans
Samuel Clemens

Samuel Clemens

Photograph
c. 1907
National Portrait Gallery
Ernest Walter Histed
Andrew Johnson, Salmon P. Chase, William Henry Seward, Edwin M. Stanton and Gideon Welles

Andrew Johnson, Salmon P. Chase, William Henry Seward, Edwin M. Stanton and Gideon Welles

Print
1865-67
National Portrait Gallery
Peter S. Duval Lithograph Company
Horace Greeley

Horace Greeley

Print
1864
National Portrait Gallery
Alexander Hay Ritchie
Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

Photograph
1887
National Portrait Gallery
George Collins Cox

"The Columbiad" -- Joel Barlow

Print
1807
National Portrait Gallery
Ankar Smith
Maxwell Anderson

Maxwell Anderson

Photograph
1934
National Portrait Gallery
Vandamm Studio
Samuel F. B. Morse

Samuel F. B. Morse

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

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