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![["Grizzly" Adams, full-length portrait, walking with grizzly bear named Ben Franklin] / Eastman-Loomis, S.F. ; C. Nahl.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvZ3JpenpseS1hZGFtcy1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC13YWxraW5nLXdpdGgtZ3JpenpseS1iZWFyLW5hbWVkLWJlbi1mcmFua2xpbi02NDAuanBn/320/543/jpg "[\"Grizzly\" Adams, full-length portrait, walking with grizzly bear named Ben Franklin] / Eastman-Loomis, S.F. ; C. Nahl.")
![[James Lone Elk, Dakota Indian, half-length portrait, facing left with arms folded; wearing bone breast plate and feathers in hair]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvamFtZXMtbG9uZS1lbGstZGFrb3RhLWluZGlhbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC13aXRoLWFybXMtZm9sZGVkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/54/webp "[James Lone Elk, Dakota Indian, half-length portrait, facing left with arms folded; wearing bone breast plate and feathers in hair]")
![[Silhouette of George Washington and bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODgvMDEvMDEvc2lsaG91ZXR0ZS1vZi1nZW9yZ2Utd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1hbmQtYnVzdC1wb3J0cmFpdC1vZi1iZW5qYW1pbi1mcmFua2xpbi02NDAuanBn/40/26/webp "[Silhouette of George Washington and bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin]")
![[John Adams, bust portrait, facing left] / eng'd by H.B. Hall's Sons, New York.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvam9obi1hZGFtcy1idXN0LXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LWVuZ2QtYnktaGItaGFsbHMtc29ucy1uZXcteW9yay1kY2MzNWEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[John Adams, bust portrait, facing left] / eng'd by H.B. Hall's Sons, New York.")
![[Benjamin Franklin, head and shoulders portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvYmVuamFtaW4tZnJhbmtsaW4taGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Benjamin Franklin, head and shoulders portrait]")
![[Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing fur collar]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvYmVuamFtaW4tZnJhbmtsaW4taGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1zbGlnaHRseS1yaWdodC13ZWFyaW5nLTc1ZTYxOS02NDAuanBn/40/47/webp "[Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing fur collar]")
![[Benjamin Franklin, half-length portrait, facing right] / Etch. by H.B. Hall, N.Y., 1879.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvYmVuamFtaW4tZnJhbmtsaW4taGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LWV0Y2gtYnktaGItaGFsbC1ueS0xODc5LTVmMmRjMC02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Benjamin Franklin, half-length portrait, facing right] / Etch. by H.B. Hall, N.Y., 1879.")
![[A polar bear seated on snow and another polar bear walking in background] / Carl Ederer.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvYS1wb2xhci1iZWFyLXNlYXRlZC1vbi1zbm93LWFuZC1hbm90aGVyLXBvbGFyLWJlYXItd2Fsa2luZy1pbi1iYWNrZ3JvdW5kLWNhcmwtZjk3M2E2LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "[A polar bear seated on snow and another polar bear walking in background] / Carl Ederer.")
