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Fredi Washington

Fredi Washington

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

Herbert Bayard Swope

Drawing
c. 1934-35
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Peggy Bacon
Arthur J. Morris

Arthur J. Morris

Photograph
1937
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Robert R. Murray
Brooks Atkinson

Brooks Atkinson

Print
1931
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Aline Fruhauf
Lauritz Melchior

Lauritz Melchior

Photograph
c. 1940
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Unidentified Artist
Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill

Photograph
September 5, 1933
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
Paul Howard Manship

Paul Howard Manship

Photograph
c. 1933
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Alfredo Valente
Walt Disney

Walt Disney

Drawing
c. 1935
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Antonio Sotomayor
Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland

Photograph
c. 1935
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George Platt Lynes
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne

Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne

Drawing
c. 1930
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Ralph Barton
Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

Photograph
1936
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Carl Van Vechten
Louis Michel Eilshemius

Louis Michel Eilshemius

Drawing
1933
National Portrait Gallery
Aline Fruhauf
A. Stirling Calder Self-Portrait

A. Stirling Calder Self-Portrait

Sculpture
c. 1930
National Portrait Gallery
A. Stirling Calder
William James Glackens

William James Glackens

Drawing
c. 1933
National Portrait Gallery
Don Freeman
John Dewey

John Dewey

Print
1932
National Portrait Gallery
Bernard Sanders

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