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Claude McKay

Claude McKay

Photograph
1941 (printed 1983)
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Carl Van Vechten
Nora Kaye

Nora Kaye

Photograph
c. 1945
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Carl Van Vechten
Harold W. Ross

Harold W. Ross

Photograph
c. 1943
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Pach Brothers Studio
Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead

Photograph
1949
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Lotte Jacobi
John Hay Whitney

John Hay Whitney

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c. 1940
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Oscar White Pach Brothers Studio
Harold Leclair Ickes

Harold Leclair Ickes

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1942
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Philippe Halsman
Kay Boyle

Kay Boyle

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1945
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Berenice Abbott
Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann

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1946
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Yousuf Karsh
Adlai Ewing Stevenson

Adlai Ewing Stevenson

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c. 1952
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George Tames
Nora Kaye

Nora Kaye

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c. 1946
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Carl Van Vechten
Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright

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c. 1950
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Berenice Abbott
Franz Werfel

Franz Werfel

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December 14, 1940
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Carl Van Vechten
Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

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1949
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Clara Sipprell
Richard Wright

Richard Wright

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1946 (printed 1987)
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Fred Stein
William Raney, Helene Wortsman and Frank Piro

William Raney, Helene Wortsman and Frank Piro

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c. 1945
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Carl Van Vechten

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