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Alfred and Giuliette Frueh

Alfred and Giuliette Frueh

Drawing
1930
Alfred J. Frueh
Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon

Photograph
1948 (printed 1998)
Herman Leonard
Self Portrait with Grey Cat, 2003

Self Portrait with Grey Cat, 2003

Painting
2003
Fritz Scholder
Jackie at Home

Jackie at Home

Photograph
1959 (printed 1999)
Jacques Lowe

Abraham Lincoln

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1864
John Sartain

"Buffalo Bill" Cody

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c. 1875
Jose Maria Mora
The Daguerreotypist

The Daguerreotypist

Print
1849
Unidentified Artist
Joseph Marion Hernandez

Joseph Marion Hernandez

Silhouette
1841
Auguste Edouart
Myra Gaines and Edmund Gaines

Myra Gaines and Edmund Gaines

Silhouette
1841
Auguste Edouart
Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Photograph
c. 1862
Unidentified Artist
John Tyler

John Tyler

Silhouette
1841
Auguste Edouart
Alexander Wetmore

Alexander Wetmore

Painting
1959
Albert Ketcham Murray
Henry Wilson

Henry Wilson

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c. 1873
Unidentified Artist
John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams

Silhouette
1841
Auguste Edouart
Luther Burbank

Luther Burbank

Drawing
c. 1927
Samuel Johnson Woolf

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