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Edward Bennett Williams

Edward Bennett Williams

Photograph
1962
National Portrait Gallery
Philippe Halsman
John Carmel Heenan

John Carmel Heenan

Print
c. 1860
National Portrait Gallery
Currier & Ives Lithography Company
Virginia Apgar

Virginia Apgar

Photograph
1966
National Portrait Gallery
Ann Zane Shanks
Casey Stengel and Walter Alston

Casey Stengel and Walter Alston

Photograph
October 3, 1956
National Portrait Gallery
Osvaldo Salas
Whitey Herzog

Whitey Herzog

Drawing
1990
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David Levine
Tom Hyer

Tom Hyer

Print
1849
National Portrait Gallery
Eliphalet M. Brown
Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong

Print
2002
National Portrait Gallery
Michael Schwab
Soichi Sakamoto holding stopwatch

Soichi Sakamoto holding stopwatch

Photograph
c. 1939
National Portrait Gallery
Mitsuo "Pipi" Wakayama
Barbara Ann Scott

Barbara Ann Scott

Painting
1948
National Portrait Gallery
Boris Chaliapin
Bombastes at the Mass: Military Academy

Bombastes at the Mass: Military Academy

Print
1868
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Adalbert John Volck
Ye Mass, Military Academy

Ye Mass, Military Academy

Print
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery
Adalbert John Volck
Willie Mays

Willie Mays

Photograph
1972
National Portrait Gallery
Dan Farrell
Political Convention (Chicago, 1956)

Political Convention (Chicago, 1956)

Photograph
1956
National Portrait Gallery
George Tames
Bobby Riggs

Bobby Riggs

Painting
1973
National Portrait Gallery
Mort Drucker
Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Photograph
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio

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