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![[Frederick Albert Cook, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, wearing fur clothing, in front of "arctic" backdrop, with another man standing behind him]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvZnJlZGVyaWNrLWFsYmVydC1jb29rLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLWZhY2luZy1yaWdodC13ZWFyaW5nLWZ1ci04NmVlNGMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/398/jpg "[Frederick Albert Cook, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, wearing fur clothing, in front of \"arctic\" backdrop, with another man standing behind him]")
![Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - [Nayenezgani--Navaho]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvbmF5ZW5lemdhbmktbmF2YWhvLTlkZGMwNC02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - [Nayenezgani--Navaho]")
![[Capt. Frederick Albert Cook, half-length portrait, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvY2FwdC1mcmVkZXJpY2stYWxiZXJ0LWNvb2staGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWZyb250LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/54/webp "[Capt. Frederick Albert Cook, half-length portrait, facing front]")
![[Two photographs of Otto C. Hess, Boston NL, one a half-length portrait, standing, facing front and the other a full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with hands behind head]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvdHdvLXBob3RvZ3JhcGhzLW9mLW90dG8tYy1oZXNzLWJvc3Rvbi1ubC1vbmUtYS1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy0zMDIzODEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Two photographs of Otto C. Hess, Boston NL, one a half-length portrait, standing, facing front and the other a full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with hands behind head]")
![[Full-length portrait of a man, standing, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzAvMDEvMDEvZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYS1tYW4tc3RhbmRpbmctZmFjaW5nLWZyb250LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Full-length portrait of a man, standing, facing front]")
![[Full-length portrait of a man, standing, facing front, holding a cane]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYS1tYW4tc3RhbmRpbmctZmFjaW5nLWZyb250LWhvbGRpbmctYS1jYW5lLTEwZjBiZS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Full-length portrait of a man, standing, facing front, holding a cane]")
![[Man holding top hat, full-length portrait, standing, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvbWFuLWhvbGRpbmctdG9wLWhhdC1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1mYWNpbmctZnJvbnQtZTJlOGI5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Man holding top hat, full-length portrait, standing, facing front]")
![[John Davison Rockefeller, standing, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvam9obi1kYXZpc29uLXJvY2tlZmVsbGVyLXN0YW5kaW5nLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1yaWdodC02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[John Davison Rockefeller, standing, half-length portrait, facing right]")
