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Edward L. Davenport

Edward L. Davenport

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

Ginger Rogers

Photograph
1930
National Portrait Gallery
Eugene Robert Richee
Alla Nazimova

Alla Nazimova

Print
c. 1924
National Portrait Gallery
Armand Rapeno
Marie Dressler in

Marie Dressler in "Tillie's Nightmare"

Drawing
c. 1910
National Portrait Gallery
Alfred J. Frueh
Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch

Photograph
1931
National Portrait Gallery
Shalitt
Sandy Campbell and Donald Windham

Sandy Campbell and Donald Windham

Photograph
1955
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon

Print
1975
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Bill Gold
Francis S. Chanfrau

Francis S. Chanfrau

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
John McCullough

John McCullough

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Lester Wallack

Lester Wallack

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Julia Marlowe

Julia Marlowe

Photograph
c. 1888
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Benjamin Joseph Falk
William Jermyn Florence

William Jermyn Florence

Print
1857
National Portrait Gallery
Francis D'Avignon
John Huston on the Set of

John Huston on the Set of "Annie"

Photograph
1981 (printed 1983)
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Garry Winogrand
Joe E. Brown

Joe E. Brown

Drawing
1945
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William Auerbach-Levy
George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Antony Tudor, Ruthanna Boris, and Todd Bolender

George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Antony Tudor, Ruthanna Boris, and Todd Bolender

Photograph
1951
National Portrait Gallery
Philippe Halsman

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