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![[John Philip Sousa, 1854-1932, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with the U. S. Marine Corps band at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTIvMDEvMDEvam9obi1waGlsaXAtc291c2EtMTg1NC0xOTMyLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LXdpdGgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/228/jpg "[John Philip Sousa, 1854-1932, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with the U. S. Marine Corps band at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco]")
![[Herbert Hoover and Lou Hoover with group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzEvMDEvMDEvaGVyYmVydC1ob292ZXItYW5kLWxvdS1ob292ZXItd2l0aC1ncm91cC1vdXRzaWRlLXdoaXRlLWhvdXNlLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Herbert Hoover and Lou Hoover with group outside White House, Washington, D.C.]")
![[John Philip Sousa, 1854-1932, half-length portrait, standing, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTYvMDEvMDEvam9obi1waGlsaXAtc291c2EtMTg1NC0xOTMyLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLWZhY2luZy1yaWdodC02NDAuanBn/40/53/webp "[John Philip Sousa, 1854-1932, half-length portrait, standing, facing right]")
![[John S. Slocum, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in uniform]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvam9obi1zLXNsb2N1bS1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC1pbi11bmlmb3JtLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "[John S. Slocum, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in uniform]")
![[John Philip Sousa, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing band uniform with medals]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTgvam9obi1waGlsaXAtc291c2EtaGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LXdlYXJpbmctYmFuZC11bmlmb3JtLTZjMTc0Yi02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[John Philip Sousa, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing band uniform with medals]")
![[Sarah Bernhardt, 1844-1923, full length portrait, standing, arms stretched out, facing right, as "Phèdre"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvc2FyYWgtYmVybmhhcmR0LTE4NDQtMTkyMy1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1hcm1zLXN0cmV0Y2hlZC1vdXQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Sarah Bernhardt, 1844-1923, full length portrait, standing, arms stretched out, facing right, as \"Phèdre\"]")
![[John Davis Long, 1838-1915, half-length portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTcvMDEvMDEvam9obi1kYXZpcy1sb25nLTE4MzgtMTkxNS1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[John Davis Long, 1838-1915, half-length portrait, facing left]")
