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Bill Tilden and George Herman

Bill Tilden and George Herman "Babe" Ruth

Drawing
1926
National Portrait Gallery
Charles Verschuuren
Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

Photograph
1948
National Portrait Gallery
Nat Fein
Joe Coburn

Joe Coburn

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Donald F. Shula

Donald F. Shula

Painting
1972
National Portrait Gallery
Donald Francis Moss
Bombastes Captures Fort Fisher By Means of a Patent Volcano

Bombastes Captures Fort Fisher By Means of a Patent Volcano

Print
1868
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

Photograph
1977
National Portrait Gallery
Michael Brennan
Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Sculpture
1863
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Augustus Brackett
Jeff Gordon

Jeff Gordon

Photograph
2002
National Portrait Gallery
Rick Chapman
Gordon J. Humphrey

Gordon J. Humphrey

Drawing
1984
National Portrait Gallery
David Levine
Butler's Victims of Fort St. Philip

Butler's Victims of Fort St. Philip

Print
1864
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
Casey Stengel

Casey Stengel

Drawing
1953?
National Portrait Gallery
Ernest Hamlin Baker
Vince Lombardi

Vince Lombardi

Painting
1962
National Portrait Gallery
Boris Chaliapin
Pete Rozelle

Pete Rozelle

Photograph
July 7, 1976
National Portrait Gallery
Richard Avedon
Wilbert Robinson

Wilbert Robinson

Drawing
1930
National Portrait Gallery
Samuel Johnson Woolf
Ted Williams

Ted Williams

Photograph
1958
National Portrait Gallery
Marvin E. Newman

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