LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Abbott Handerson Thayer, head and shoulders self-portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvYWJib3R0LWhhbmRlcnNvbi10aGF5ZXItaGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXNlbGYtcG9ydHJhaXQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/401/jpg "[Abbott Handerson Thayer, head and shoulders self-portrait]")
![[Young African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing hat]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTgveW91bmctYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtd2VhcmluZy1oYXQtMzQ3MGMxLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Young African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing hat]")
![[Portrait of Margalo Gillmore] - Public domain portrait print](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzMvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtbWFyZ2Fsby1naWxsbW9yZS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Portrait of Margalo Gillmore] - Public domain portrait print")
![[Emilie Painter Jackson, head and shoulders portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvZW1pbGllLXBhaW50ZXItamFja3Nvbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Emilie Painter Jackson, head and shoulders portrait]")
![[Thomas A. Edison, head-and-shoulders portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvdGhvbWFzLWEtZWRpc29uLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Thomas A. Edison, head-and-shoulders portrait]")
![[Portrait of Tallulah Bankhead]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtdGFsbHVsYWgtYmFua2hlYWQtNTlhMmUwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Portrait of Tallulah Bankhead]")
![[Andre Tardieu, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvYW5kcmUtdGFyZGlldS1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtOTQ0MGZmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Andre Tardieu, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]")
![[Walt Whitman, head-and-shoulders portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvd2FsdC13aGl0bWFuLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Walt Whitman, head-and-shoulders portrait]")
