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![[Joseph Hodges Choate, 1832-1917, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left, holding book]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvam9zZXBoLWhvZGdlcy1jaG9hdGUtMTgzMi0xOTE3LXRocmVlLXF1YXJ0ZXItbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLWZhY2luZy02NDAuanBn/320/390/jpg "[Joseph Hodges Choate, 1832-1917, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left, holding book]")
![[Herbert Putman, three-quarter-length portrait, standing, facing left, in library, holding book]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvaGVyYmVydC1wdXRtYW4tdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlci1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhbmRpbmctZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtaW4tbGlicmFyeS02NDAuanBn/40/53/webp "[Herbert Putman, three-quarter-length portrait, standing, facing left, in library, holding book]")
![[George Gershwin, 1898-1937, three-quarters length portrait, standing, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvZ2VvcmdlLWdlcnNod2luLTE4OTgtMTkzNy10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVycy1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhbmRpbmctZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[George Gershwin, 1898-1937, three-quarters length portrait, standing, facing right]")
![[Joseph Hodges Choate, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvam9zZXBoLWhvZGdlcy1jaG9hdGUtaGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "[Joseph Hodges Choate, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]")
![[Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910, three-quarters length portrait, facing left; holding pipe]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDcvMDEvMDEvc2FtdWVsLWxhbmdob3JuZS1jbGVtZW5zLTE4MzUtMTkxMC10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVycy1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/24/webp "[Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910, three-quarters length portrait, facing left; holding pipe]")
![[Francis Joseph Heney, 1859-1937, head and shoulders portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvZnJhbmNpcy1qb3NlcGgtaGVuZXktMTg1OS0xOTM3LWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Francis Joseph Heney, 1859-1937, head and shoulders portrait, facing left]")
![[John Hays Hammond, 1855-1936, three-quarter length portrait, seated at desk, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTkvMDEvMDEvam9obi1oYXlzLWhhbW1vbmQtMTg1NS0xOTM2LXRocmVlLXF1YXJ0ZXItbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1hdC1kZXNrLWZhY2luZy02NDAuanBn/40/59/webp "[John Hays Hammond, 1855-1936, three-quarter length portrait, seated at desk, facing right]")
![[John Tyler Morgan, 1824-1907, three-quarters length portrait, facing left, hands folded, standing. Senator, Ala.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDEvMDEvMDEvam9obi10eWxlci1tb3JnYW4tMTgyNC0xOTA3LXRocmVlLXF1YXJ0ZXJzLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC1oYW5kcy02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[John Tyler Morgan, 1824-1907, three-quarters length portrait, facing left, hands folded, standing. Senator, Ala.]")
