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Dorie Miller

Dorie Miller

Print
1943
National Portrait Gallery
David Stone Martin
Saul Steinberg

Saul Steinberg

Photograph
c. 1943
National Portrait Gallery
George Platt Lynes
Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz

Painting
1942
National Portrait Gallery
Robert S. Sloan
John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower

Photograph
1961 (printed 2007)
National Portrait Gallery
Paul Vathis
Chester William Nimitz

Chester William Nimitz

Print
1944
National Portrait Gallery
John Philip Falter
Ballet Theater -- New York, 1947

Ballet Theater -- New York, 1947

Photograph
1947 (printed 1978)
National Portrait Gallery
Irving Penn
Alfred Landon and Frank Knox

Alfred Landon and Frank Knox

Drawing
c. 1936
National Portrait Gallery
Charles Johnson Post
Chester William Nimitz

Chester William Nimitz

Photograph
1965
National Portrait Gallery
Philippe Halsman
Mildred Helen McAfee Horton

Mildred Helen McAfee Horton

Drawing
1942
National Portrait Gallery
Samuel Johnson Woolf
Richard Nixon and Dwight D. Eisenhower

Richard Nixon and Dwight D. Eisenhower

Painting
1956
National Portrait Gallery
James Ormsbee Chapin
Nelson Rockefeller and Brothers

Nelson Rockefeller and Brothers

Photograph
1949
National Portrait Gallery
Philippe Halsman
Cocoanut Grove Caricature Dress

Cocoanut Grove Caricature Dress

Decorative Arts
c. 1927
National Portrait Gallery
Ralph Barton
Chester William Nimitz

Chester William Nimitz

Drawing
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery
Bettina Steinke
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Photograph
c. 1933
National Portrait Gallery
George Hurrell
James Forrestal

James Forrestal

Photograph
1947
National Portrait Gallery
George Tames

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