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James Thrall Soby

James Thrall Soby

Photograph
c. 1934
National Portrait Gallery
Man Ray
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

Photograph
1938
National Portrait Gallery
Harry Warnecke
Martha Raye Kissing Joe E. Brown, #3

Martha Raye Kissing Joe E. Brown, #3

Drawing
c. 1939
National Portrait Gallery
Walt Disney Studios
Mark Wayne Clark

Mark Wayne Clark

Painting
1946
National Portrait Gallery
Pietro Annigoni
Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Photograph
c. 1929
National Portrait Gallery
Berenice Abbott
Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

Photograph
October 28, 1938
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
Jane A. Delano

Jane A. Delano

Painting
1938
National Portrait Gallery
Bjorn P. Egeli
Joseph Stella Self-Portrait

Joseph Stella Self-Portrait

Drawing
1937
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Joseph Stella
Joseph P. Kennedy

Joseph P. Kennedy

Drawing
c. 1930
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Charles Johnson Post
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.

Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.

Drawing
c. 1925-30
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Henry Major
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Print
1932
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Bernard Sanders
Lucia Chase

Lucia Chase

Photograph
c. 1941
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
James Aloysius Farley

James Aloysius Farley

Drawing
c. 1932
National Portrait Gallery
Henry Major
Honorary Degree

Honorary Degree

Print
1938
National Portrait Gallery
Grant Wood
Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

Photograph
1933 (printed 1983)
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten

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