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Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Writing Letters, Ghost Ranch (14 of 48)

Writing Letters, Ghost Ranch (14 of 48)

Photograph
1966 (printed later)
National Portrait Gallery
John Loengard
Katherine Anne Porter

Katherine Anne Porter

Photograph
1936
National Portrait Gallery
George Platt Lynes
Gerrit Smith

Gerrit Smith

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
National Portrait Gallery
Mathew Brady Studio
Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie

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1936
National Portrait Gallery
Unidentified Artist
John Burroughs with his Grandchildren

John Burroughs with his Grandchildren

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c. 1910
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Alice M. Boughton
Sara Payson Willis Parton

Sara Payson Willis Parton

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1864
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William H. Guild
Julian Green

Julian Green

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November 11, 1933
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Carl Van Vechten
Maxwell Anderson

Maxwell Anderson

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1934
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Vandamm Studio
Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

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1939
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Arnold S. Eagle
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz

Photograph
c. 1870
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Carleton E. Watkins
Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
John Bigelow

John Bigelow

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c. 1900
National Portrait Gallery
Pach Brothers Studio
Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand

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1964
National Portrait Gallery
Arnold A. Newman
Heywood Broun

Heywood Broun

Photograph
1930
National Portrait Gallery
Edward Jean Steichen

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