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Claude McKay

Claude McKay

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1941 (printed 1983)
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Carl Van Vechten
Samuel Clemens

Samuel Clemens

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c. 1873
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Jeremiah Gurney
Edwin Markham

Edwin Markham

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1905
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Harris & Ewing Studio
Luther Burbank

Luther Burbank

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c. 1900
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Charles William Alisky
Colin Powell

Colin Powell

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1995
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Henry Chadwick

Henry Chadwick

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1905
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Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow

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1964 (printed 1986)
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Irving Penn
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William Bradford Reed

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c. 1860
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Mathew B. Brady
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Jimmy Carter

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c. 1990
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Allen Tate

Allen Tate

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1952
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Lawrence Barrett

Lawrence Barrett

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1871
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Waldo David Frank

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c. 1920
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Alfred Stieglitz
Melvin Calvin

Melvin Calvin

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1991
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Douglas M. McWilliams
Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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April 1, 1907
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Alvin Langdon Coburn
David Van Norstrand

David Van Norstrand

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