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William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft

Photograph
1908 (printed 1913)
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Edward Jean Steichen
John Lorimer Worden

John Lorimer Worden

Print
1862-63
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Ehrgott & Forbriger Lithography Company
James Garfield

James Garfield

Photograph
c. 1880
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Napoleon Sarony
Edwin Markham

Edwin Markham

Photograph
c. 1922
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Harris & Ewing Studio
Edward H. Magill

Edward H. Magill

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Lady Bird Johnson

Lady Bird Johnson

Photograph
August 24, 1976
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Richard Avedon
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Photograph
January 31, 1964
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Richard Avedon
Robert Strange McNamara

Robert Strange McNamara

Drawing
1966
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Louis S. Glanzman
John Walker Maury

John Walker Maury

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1855
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Leopold Grozelier
Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

Painting
1920-21
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Edmund Charles Tarbell
An Independent Victory

An Independent Victory

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July 19, 1884
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Thomas Nast
Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

Sculpture
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Harriet Whitney Frishmuth
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Sculpture
1948
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Jo Davidson
Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

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c. 1918
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Leo Mielziner
Inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1937

Inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1937

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1937
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Harry Warnecke Robert F. Cranston

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