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![[Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, medallion of bust, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvZWRnYXItYWxsYW4tcG9lLTE4MDktMTg0OS1tZWRhbGxpb24tb2YtYnVzdC1mYWNpbmctZnJvbnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/309/jpg "[Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, medallion of bust, facing front]")
![[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]")
![[Theodore Dwight Weld, 1803-1895, bust portrait, facing slightly left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODUvMDEvMDEvdGhlb2RvcmUtZHdpZ2h0LXdlbGQtMTgwMy0xODk1LWJ1c3QtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXNsaWdodGx5LWxlZnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[Theodore Dwight Weld, 1803-1895, bust portrait, facing slightly left]")
![[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]")
![[Enrico Caruso, 1873-1921, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvZW5yaWNvLWNhcnVzby0xODczLTE5MjEtaGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/55/webp "[Enrico Caruso, 1873-1921, half-length portrait, facing right]")
![[Elihu Root, 1845-1937, bust portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvZWxpaHUtcm9vdC0xODQ1LTE5MzctYnVzdC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "[Elihu Root, 1845-1937, bust portrait, facing right]")
![[Henry Agard Wallace, 1888-1965, bust portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDAvMDEvMDEvaGVucnktYWdhcmQtd2FsbGFjZS0xODg4LTE5NjUtYnVzdC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC02NDAuanBn/40/48/webp "[Henry Agard Wallace, 1888-1965, bust portrait, facing left]")
