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Matthew Calbraith Perry

Matthew Calbraith Perry

Photographic Negative
1849-51
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Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann

Florinde

Photograph
c. 1853 (after 1852 painting)
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Meade Brothers Studio
John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams

Painting
c. 1850, from an 1844 original
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George Caleb Bingham
Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor

Print
c. 1850
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John Burn Forrest
Cadwalader Ringgold

Cadwalader Ringgold

Photograph
c. 1853
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Unidentified Artist
M. B. Brady at the World's Fair in London

M. B. Brady at the World's Fair in London

Print
c. 1853
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Unidentified Artist
Dorothea Lynde Dix

Dorothea Lynde Dix

Photograph
c. 1849
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Unidentified Artist

William Linn

Photograph
c. 1850
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Unidentified Artist
Sterling Price

Sterling Price

Photograph
c. 1862 (after c. 1946 photograph)
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E. & H. T. Anthony & Company
Samuel Ringgold

Samuel Ringgold

Photograph
c. 1845
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John Plumbe
Thomas Wilson Dorr

Thomas Wilson Dorr

Print
c. 1845
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James S. Baillie

Catherine Wolfe Bruce

Photograph
c. 1848
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Unidentified Artist
Death of Major Ringgold at the Battle of Palo Alto

Death of Major Ringgold at the Battle of Palo Alto

Print
c. 1846
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Thomas Phillibrowne
Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce

Photograph
c. 1890 (after c. 1850 daguerreotype)
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Unidentified Artist

Unidentified Man

Photograph
c. 1845
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Unidentified Artist

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