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Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

Photograph
October 28, 1938
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-64
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Mathew Brady Studio
Steve Allen

Steve Allen

Photograph
c. 1945
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Philippe Halsman
Paul Goodman

Paul Goodman

Photograph
1963
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Robert Frank
William Dean Howells

William Dean Howells

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c. 1900
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George Collins Cox
John William Draper

John William Draper

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c. 1880
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Edward Bierstadt
Lester Wallack

Lester Wallack

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Andrew H. Foote

Andrew H. Foote

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c. 1860-63
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Mathew Brady Studio
John Collier

John Collier

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1948
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Lida Moser
Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

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1959 (printed February 13, 1981)
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Bob Willoughby
The Army-McCarthy Hearings

The Army-McCarthy Hearings

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1954
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Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

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1925
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Edward Jean Steichen
Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher

Photographic Negative
c. 1860-70
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Mathew Brady Studio
Mary Roberts Rinehart

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Photograph
1946
National Portrait Gallery
Philippe Halsman
Lester Wallack

Lester Wallack

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

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