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![[Composite photo of a photo of Frances K. Allan and a halftone reproduction of a painting of Rosalie Poe, Edgar Allan Poe's foster mother and sister]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvY29tcG9zaXRlLXBob3RvLW9mLWEtcGhvdG8tb2YtZnJhbmNlcy1rLWFsbGFuLWFuZC1hLWhhbGZ0b25lLXJlcHJvZHVjdGlvbi1vZi02NDAuanBn/320/407/jpg "[Composite photo of a photo of Frances K. Allan and a halftone reproduction of a painting of Rosalie Poe, Edgar Allan Poe's foster mother and sister]")
![[John Reeves Abernathy, full-length portrait, seated, holding his two sons, Louis Van Abernathy and Temple Reeves Abernathy]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvam9obi1yZWV2ZXMtYWJlcm5hdGh5LWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1ob2xkaW5nLWhpcy10d28tc29ucy1sb3Vpcy02NDAuanBn/40/56/webp "[John Reeves Abernathy, full-length portrait, seated, holding his two sons, Louis Van Abernathy and Temple Reeves Abernathy]")
![Alphonse Daudet. A sketch of the famous French novelist and his works. [n. p. n. d.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvYWxwaG9uc2UtZGF1ZGV0LWEtc2tldGNoLW9mLXRoZS1mYW1vdXMtZnJlbmNoLW5vdmVsaXN0LWFuZC1oaXMtd29ya3Mtbi1wLW4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/116/webp "Alphonse Daudet. A sketch of the famous French novelist and his works. [n. p. n. d.].")
![[Nathaniel Ruggles Childs and Albert Childs, half-length portrait, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvbmF0aGFuaWVsLXJ1Z2dsZXMtY2hpbGRzLWFuZC1hbGJlcnQtY2hpbGRzLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1mcm9udC00YjJhZjYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Nathaniel Ruggles Childs and Albert Childs, half-length portrait, facing front]")
![[Admiral Philip Andrews, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvYWRtaXJhbC1waGlsaXAtYW5kcmV3cy1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "[Admiral Philip Andrews, half-length portrait, facing right]")
![Lt. Edgar Allen Poe & Marine Detail, [7/9/24]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjQvMDEvMDEvbHQtZWRnYXItYWxsZW4tcG9lLWFuZC1tYXJpbmUtZGV0YWlsLTc5MjQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "Lt. Edgar Allen Poe & Marine Detail, [7/9/24]")
![[Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, half-length, facing front, hand in vest]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvZWRnYXItYWxsYW4tcG9lLTE4MDktMTg0OS1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1mYWNpbmctZnJvbnQtaGFuZC1pbi12ZXN0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/54/webp "[Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, half-length, facing front, hand in vest]")
