LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, half length, seated behind desk, looking down at book, facing right; shelves filled with books in background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvYW5kcmV3LWNhcm5lZ2llLTE4MzUtMTkxOS1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1zZWF0ZWQtYmVoaW5kLWRlc2stbG9va2luZy1kb3duLWF0LWJvb2stYTA2ZjExLTEwMjQuanBn/320/399/jpg "[Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, half length, seated behind desk, looking down at book, facing right; shelves filled with books in background]")
![[Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvYW5kcmV3LWNhcm5lZ2llLTE4MzUtMTkxOS1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtYXQtZGVzay1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing right]")
![[Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, full-length portrait, seated]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvYW5kcmV3LWNhcm5lZ2llLTE4MzUtMTkxOS1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, full-length portrait, seated]")
![[Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-1894, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing left, in his study]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvb2xpdmVyLXdlbmRlbGwtaG9sbWVzLTE4MDktMTg5NC1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtYXQtZGVzay1mYWNpbmctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-1894, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing left, in his study]")
![[George Bancroft, 1800-1891, half-length portrait, seated at desk in library, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvZ2VvcmdlLWJhbmNyb2Z0LTE4MDAtMTg5MS1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtYXQtZGVzay1pbi1saWJyYXJ5LWZhY2luZy02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[George Bancroft, 1800-1891, half-length portrait, seated at desk in library, facing front]")
![[Henry Inman with walking stick, half-length portrait, facing three-quarters to the right, seated, with a book on a small table covered with a tablecloth showing lyre ornament]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTgvaGVucnktaW5tYW4td2l0aC13YWxraW5nLXN0aWNrLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVycy10by1kMTA0YjAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Henry Inman with walking stick, half-length portrait, facing three-quarters to the right, seated, with a book on a small table covered with a tablecloth showing lyre ornament]")
![[Charles Eliot Norton, 1827-1908, three-quarters length, seated, facing right; looking at book]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDMvMDEvMDEvY2hhcmxlcy1lbGlvdC1ub3J0b24tMTgyNy0xOTA4LXRocmVlLXF1YXJ0ZXJzLWxlbmd0aC1zZWF0ZWQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LWxvb2tpbmctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "[Charles Eliot Norton, 1827-1908, three-quarters length, seated, facing right; looking at book]")
