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Selected Portraits From the Collections of the Library of Congress


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Rudolph Valentino portrait
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VALENTINO, RUDOLPH. Photograph. [Between 1915 and 1926.]
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-90327
VAN BUREN, HANNAH HOES see image in online reference aid: "First Ladies of the United States"
VAN BUREN, MARTIN see image in online reference aid: "Presidents of the United States"
Amerigo Vespucci portrait
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VESPUCCI, AMERIGO. Reproduction of anonymous painting. "Ed. Alinari. Firenze - R. Galleria Uffizi." [No date found on item.]
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-63115
WALKER, MADAME C.J. no suitable image found in P&P collections
Earl Warren portrait
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WARREN, EARL. As Governor. Photograph. [No date found on item.]
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-41653
Booker T. Washington portrait
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WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. Photograph. Copyright by Cheynes Studio, Hampton, Va. Copyrighted 1903.
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-49568
WASHINGTON, GEORGE see image in online reference aid: "Presidents of the United States"
WASHINGTON, MARTHA see image in online reference aid: "First Ladies of the United States"
Ethel Waters  portrait
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WATERS, ETHEL. Photograph by Vandamm Studio. 1946.
Location: NYWTS - BIOG - Waters, Ethel--Actress
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-111440
Daniel Webster portrait
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WEBSTER, DANIEL. Copyrighted by the Century Co. Copyright 1901.
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-15233
WELLS, IDA B. see image in online reference aid: "Images of 20th Century African American Activists: A Select List"
Edith Wharton portrait
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WHARTON, EDITH. Reproduction of photograph. [No date found on item.]
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-29408
Phyllis Wheatley portrait
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WHEATLEY, PHYLLIS. Engraving after Scipio Moorhead; frontispiece to Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects... (London, 1773).
Location: Rare Book and Special Collections Division (PS866.W5 1773); Reference print in Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-40054 (frontispiece only); LC-USZ62-56850 (frontispiece and title page)
Walt Whitman portrait
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WHITMAN, WALT. Photograph. 1849.
Location: LOT 12017, Box 1
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-57849
Eli Whitney portrait
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WHITNEY, ELI. Engraving by Wm. Hoogland after King. [No date found on item.]
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-8283
WILKINS, ROY see image in online reference aid: "Images of 20th Century African American Activists: A Select List"
WILLARD, FRANCES. see: image in online reference aid, "Votes for Women: The Struggle for Women's Suffrage"
Edward Bennett Williams portrait
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WILLIAMS, EDWARD BENNETT. Photograph by Marion S. Trikosko. 1970 Feb. 27.
Location: U.S. News and World Report Collection (22275-A, frame #12A)
Reproduction Number: LC-U9-22275A-12A
WILSON, EDITH BOLLING GALT see image in online reference aid: "First Ladies of the United States"
WILSON, ELLEN AXSON see image in online reference aid: "First Ladies of the United States"
WILSON, WOODROW see image in online reference aid: "Presidents of the United States"
Wright Brothers portrait
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WRIGHT BROTHERS. [Wilbur and Orville Wright seated on steps of rear porch, 7 Hawthorne Street, Dayton, Ohio.] Photograph. 1909
Location: LOT 11512-A
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-65478
Frank Lloyd Wright portrait
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WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD. Photograph. Copyrighted 1926 March 1.
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-36384
Note: Copyright not renewed.

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