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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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c. 1850 (after c. 1847 daguerreotype)
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Unidentified Artist
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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1876
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George Kendall Warren
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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1856
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Unidentified Artist
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Photograph
1876
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George Kendall Warren
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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1870
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George Francis Schreiber
Grandma Moses

Grandma Moses

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c. 1950
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Alexander Bender
Anne Sexton

Anne Sexton

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1961 (printed later)
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Rollie McKenna
John Cotton Smith

John Cotton Smith

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c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
George Washington Cullum

George Washington Cullum

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c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs

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1953
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Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt

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1944 (printed 1987)
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Fred Stein
Norman Corwin

Norman Corwin

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March 1945
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Philippe Halsman
Sandy Campbell and Donald Windham

Sandy Campbell and Donald Windham

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1955
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Carl Van Vechten
Richard Milhous Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon

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1969
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Philippe Halsman
Edwin Markham

Edwin Markham

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c. 1922
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Harris & Ewing Studio

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