LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Adolf Georg Wilhelm Busch, 1891-1952, half-length portrait, standing between wife and daughter, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvYWRvbGYtZ2Vvcmctd2lsaGVsbS1idXNjaC0xODkxLTE5NTItaGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhbmRpbmctYmV0d2Vlbi13aWZlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/235/jpg "[Adolf Georg Wilhelm Busch, 1891-1952, half-length portrait, standing between wife and daughter, facing left]")
![[Herbert Hoover with group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzAvMDEvMDEvaGVyYmVydC1ob292ZXItd2l0aC1ncm91cC1vdXRzaWRlLXdoaXRlLWhvdXNlLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtMi02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Herbert Hoover with group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]")
![Mrs. Longworth & Paulina, [2/12/27]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjcvMDEvMDEvbXJzLWxvbmd3b3J0aC1hbmQtcGF1bGluYS0yMTIyNy02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "Mrs. Longworth & Paulina, [2/12/27]")
![[Wilhelm Cuno, 1876-1933, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvd2lsaGVsbS1jdW5vLTE4NzYtMTkzMy1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[Wilhelm Cuno, 1876-1933, half-length portrait, facing right]")
![[George Gershwin, 1898-1937, three-quarters length portrait, standing, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvZ2VvcmdlLWdlcnNod2luLTE4OTgtMTkzNy10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVycy1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhbmRpbmctZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[George Gershwin, 1898-1937, three-quarters length portrait, standing, facing right]")
![[Sam Walter Foss, 1858-1911, author, bust portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvc2FtLXdhbHRlci1mb3NzLTE4NTgtMTkxMS1hdXRob3ItYnVzdC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC02NDAuanBn/40/55/webp "[Sam Walter Foss, 1858-1911, author, bust portrait, facing left]")
![[George Gershwin, 1898-1937, half-length portrait, standing, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvZ2VvcmdlLWdlcnNod2luLTE4OTgtMTkzNy1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC02NDAuanBn/40/52/webp "[George Gershwin, 1898-1937, half-length portrait, standing, facing left]")
![[Whitelaw Reid, 1837-1912, and wife Elisabeth (Mills), full-length portrait, standing, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvd2hpdGVsYXctcmVpZC0xODM3LTE5MTItYW5kLXdpZmUtZWxpc2FiZXRoLW1pbGxzLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/51/webp "[Whitelaw Reid, 1837-1912, and wife Elisabeth (Mills), full-length portrait, standing, facing right]")
![[German emperor Wilhelm II, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvZ2VybWFuLWVtcGVyb3Itd2lsaGVsbS1paS10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVyLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "[German emperor Wilhelm II, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left]")
