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Selected Portraits From the Collections of the Library of Congress


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John and Sebastion Cabot portrait
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CABOT, JOHN AND SEBASTIAN. "Discovery of North America." Wood engraving. 1855.
Location: Ballou's Pictorial, Vol. 8 (1855), p. 216
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-3029
Calamity Jane portrait
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CALAMITY JANE. Copyright by H.R. Locke. Photograph. Copyrighted 1895.
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-95040
Joseph Cannon portrait
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CANNON, JOSEPH. Photograph. Copyrighted 1903 December 29.
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-7232
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo portrait
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CARDOZO, BENJAMIN NATHAN. Photograph by Harris and Ewing. Ca. 1932.
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-38302
Note: No copyright found; checked by staff December 2000.
CARLOTTA see: CHARLOTTE, CONSORT OF MAXIMILIAN, EMPEROR OF MEXICO
Andrew Carnegie portrait
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CARNEGIE, ANDREW. Photograph by Marceau, 258 Fifth Ave., New York. Copyrighted 1913 April 5.
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-12677
Lewis Carroll portrait
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CARROLL, LEWIS. Halftone photomechanical reproduction of photograph. [No date found on item.]
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-70064
Kit Carson portrait
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CARSON, KIT. Photograph from Brady-Handy Collection. [No date found on item.]
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-BH8301-1371
George Washington Carver portrait
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CARVER, GEORGE WASHINGTON. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston. 1906.
Location: LOT 2962
Reproduction Number: LC-J601-302
Fidel Castro portrait
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CASTRO, FIDEL. ("Castro arrives MATS Terminal" [Washington, D.C.]). Photograph by Warren K. Leffler. 1959 April 15.
Location: U.S. News and World Report Collection (2315, frame #6)
Reproduction Number: LC-U9-2315-6
Willa Cather portrait
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CATHER, WILLA. Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. 1936 Jan. 22.
Location: LOT 12735, no. 208
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-116087
Carrie Chapman Catt portrait
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CATT, CARRIE CHAPMAN. Photograph. 1914.
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-28475
Samuel de Camplain portrait
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CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE. Photomechanical print. [No date found on item.]
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-33292
Charlotte, Consort of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico portrait
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CHARLOTTE, CONSORT OF MAXIMILIAN, EMPEROR OF MEXICO. Photograph by J. Malovich. [No date found on item.]
Location: Biographical File (Caption card cites "O.M. 16481." for location of original; that filing series no longer exists.)
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-14619
Chiang Kai Shek portrait
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CHIANG KAI-SHEK. Photograph. 1945 March. (Taken during visit to Army Air Force base.)
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-39907
Shirley Chisholm portrait
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CHISHOLM, SHIRLEY. Photograph. [No date found on item.]
Location: Congressional Portrait Collection (no. 47a)
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-83472
Note: see also image in online reference aid: "Images of 20th Century African American Activists: A Select List"
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill portrait
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CHURCHILL, WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER, SIR. Photograph copyright by J. Russell & Sons. Copyrighted 1941.
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-64419
Note: Copyright not renewed.
William Clark portrait
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CLARK, WILLIAM. Reproduction of watercolor facsimile of portrait by Charles Willson Peale in Independence Hall. 1903.
Location: Biographical file
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-10609
CLEAVER, ELDRIDGE see image in online reference aid: "Images of 20th Century African American Activists: A Select List"
CLEVELAND, FRANCES FOLSOM see image in online reference aid: "First Ladies of the United States"
CLEVELAND, GROVER see image in online reference aid: "Presidents of the United States"
CLINTON, BILL see image in online reference aid: "Presidents of the United States"
CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM see image in online reference aid: "First Ladies of the United States"
COCHISE -- No photograph exists.
COCHRANE, ELIZABETH see: BLY, NELLIE
William F. Cody portrait
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CODY, WILLIAM F. ("BUFFALO BILL"). Photograph. Copyright by Moffett, Chicago. Copyrighted 1911.
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-2050
Chrisopher Columbus portrait
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COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER. Engraving by John Sartain from the original portrait presented to William A. Bryan, Esq., of Virginia by H.M. the late Queen Sophia of Holland. [No date found on item.]
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: : LC-USZ62-1784
John Connally portrait
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CONNALLY, JOHN. ("Sec. of Navy John B. Connally, Jr. at press conference"). Photograph by Marion S. Trikosko. 1961 June 15.
Location: U.S. News and World Report Collection (6300, frame #27)
Reproduction Number: LC-U9-6300-27
COOLIDGE, CALVIN see image in online reference aid: "Presidents of the United States"
COOLIDGE, GRACE GOODHUE see image in online reference aid: "First Ladies of the United States"
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado portrait
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CORONADO, FRANCISCO VASQUEZ DE. "Coronado's March." Reproduction of drawing by Remington in his Drawings. Copyrighted 1897.
Location: Reference print in LOT 4409-A
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-37993
Hernando Cortes portrait
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CORTES, HERNANDO. Engraving by W. Holl, published by Charles Knight. "From a Picture in the Florence Gallery. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge." [No date found on item.]
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-33515
David Crockett portrait
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CROCKETT, DAVID. Lithograph after painting by S. S. Osgood. Printed by Childs & Lehman. [No date found on item.]
Location: PGA - Childs & Lehman - David Crockett (A size)
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-21489
Marie Sklodowska Curie portrait
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CURIE, MARIE. Photograph copyright by Press Illustrating Service, New York City. [Between 1890 and 1934.]
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-91224
Note: No copyright found; checked by staff December 2000.
George Custer portrait
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CUSTER, GEORGE. Photograph by Brady. ("Original negative in ANSCO Coll. No. 44.") [No date found on item.]
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-B8184-10571


Prepared by: Samuel V. Daniel III, Barbara O. Natanson, and P&P staff. Last revised: May 2000
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