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Edna Ferber

Edna Ferber

Photograph
c. 1940
National Portrait Gallery
Carl Van Vechten
Elmer Anderson Carter

Elmer Anderson Carter

Painting
before 1950
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Betsy Graves Reyneau
Westbrook Pegler

Westbrook Pegler

Drawing
c. 1945
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Al Hirschfeld
Frank Knox

Frank Knox

Drawing
c. 1935
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Samuel Johnson Woolf
Diana Vreeland

Diana Vreeland

Photograph
1941
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Louise Dahl-Wolfe
James Thomas Farrell

James Thomas Farrell

Drawing
August 10, 1948
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Miriam Troop
Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe

Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe

Photograph
1944
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Arnold A. Newman
Adrienne Monnier

Adrienne Monnier

Photograph
c. 1938
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Gisèle Freund
Henry Luce

Henry Luce

Photograph
1944
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Yousuf Karsh
Anita Colby

Anita Colby

Painting
1945
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Boris Chaliapin
Henry A. Wallace

Henry A. Wallace

Painting
1948
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Ernest Hamlin Baker
Thomas William Lamont

Thomas William Lamont

Drawing
c. 1947
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Gardner Cox
Walter Lippmann

Walter Lippmann

Drawing
c. 1952
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Gardner Cox
Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

Photograph
October 14, 1949
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Carl Van Vechten
H. V. Kaltenborn

H. V. Kaltenborn

Drawing
1947
National Portrait Gallery
Arthur Herschel Lidov

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