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Willis Hall

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1840
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Auguste Edouart
Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster

Silhouette
1844
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E. B. & E. C. Kellogg Lithography Company
Myra Gaines and Edmund Gaines

Myra Gaines and Edmund Gaines

Silhouette
1841
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Auguste Edouart
William Leete Stone

William Leete Stone

Silhouette
1840
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Auguste Edouart
William Learned Marcy

William Learned Marcy

Silhouette
1839
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Auguste Edouart
Washington Irving

Washington Irving

Print
c. 1860-65
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Alexander Hay Ritchie
Melville Stone

Melville Stone

Painting
November 27, 1917
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Ossip Perelma
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Print
1801
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David Edwin
George Elton Mayo

George Elton Mayo

Photograph
1946
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Josef Breitenbach
Warren Earl Burger

Warren Earl Burger

Photograph
1979
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Rosalind Fox Solomon
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg

Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg

Photograph
1948
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George Tames
Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel

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1985
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Arnold A. Newman
Solomon Etting

Solomon Etting

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1840
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Auguste Edouart
Samuel Clemens

Samuel Clemens

Photograph
c. 1903
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Alfred J. Meyer
Cole Porter

Cole Porter

Photograph
November 1954 (printed 1987)
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Frances McLaughlin-Gill

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