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![[Henri Giffard, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait] / E.A. Tilly.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvaGVucmktZ2lmZmFyZC1mcmVuY2gtYmFsbG9vbmlzdC1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZWEtdGlsbHktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/373/jpg "[Henri Giffard, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait] / E.A. Tilly.")
![[Zachary Taylor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Brady, N.Y.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvemFjaGFyeS10YXlsb3ItaGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LWJyYWR5LW55LTE3NjJhMC02NDAuanBn/40/48/webp "[Zachary Taylor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Brady, N.Y.")
![[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait] / H. Thiriat.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvZ2FzdG9uLXRpc3NhbmRpZXItZnJlbmNoLWJhbGxvb25pc3QtaGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LWgtdGhpcmlhdC0xZjE0MTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait] / H. Thiriat.")
![[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait] / Smeeton Tilly.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMzAvZ2FzdG9uLXRpc3NhbmRpZXItZnJlbmNoLWJhbGxvb25pc3QtaGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNtZWV0b24tdGlsbHktMjk1ZmI5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait] / Smeeton Tilly.")
![[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, bust-length oval portrait] / H. Thiriat, s.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDEvZ2FzdG9uLXRpc3NhbmRpZXItZnJlbmNoLWJhbGxvb25pc3QtYnVzdC1sZW5ndGgtb3ZhbC1wb3J0cmFpdC1oLXRoaXJpYXQtcy04NmM3NmUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, bust-length oval portrait] / H. Thiriat, s.")
![[J.J. Fernand Hamar, French sculptor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTYvMDEvMDEvamotZmVybmFuZC1oYW1hci1mcmVuY2gtc2N1bHB0b3ItaGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1mcm9udC02NDAuanBn/40/48/webp "[J.J. Fernand Hamar, French sculptor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]")
![[Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvZ2VydHJ1ZGUtZnJhbmtsaW4taG9ybi1hdGhlcnRvbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LTBlOTkzNS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]")
![[Henry W. Longfellow, head-and-shoulders portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvaGVucnktdy1sb25nZmVsbG93LWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Henry W. Longfellow, head-and-shoulders portrait]")
