LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Lillie Langtry and Sarah Bernhardt standing side by side]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODcvMDEvMDEvbGlsbGllLWxhbmd0cnktYW5kLXNhcmFoLWJlcm5oYXJkdC1zdGFuZGluZy1zaWRlLWJ5LXNpZGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/432/jpg "[Lillie Langtry and Sarah Bernhardt standing side by side]")
![[Harry and Beatrice Houdini with Sarah Bernhardt, Boston]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTcvMDEvMDEvaGFycnktYW5kLWJlYXRyaWNlLWhvdWRpbmktd2l0aC1zYXJhaC1iZXJuaGFyZHQtYm9zdG9uLXNtYWxsLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/38/webp "[Harry and Beatrice Houdini with Sarah Bernhardt, Boston]")
![[Sarah Bernhardt]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvc2FyYWgtYmVybmhhcmR0LTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/68/webp "[Sarah Bernhardt]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection")
![[Portrait of Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtZ2VvZmZyZXktaG9sZGVyLWFuZC1jYXJtZW4tZGUtbGF2YWxsYWRlLWRiMDdkOS02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Portrait of Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade]")
![[Laura Jean Libbey, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvbGF1cmEtamVhbi1saWJiZXktdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlci1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhbmRpbmctZmFjaW5nLXNsaWdodGx5LWxlZnQtMjhkMmZmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Laura Jean Libbey, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly left]")
![[Sgt. Brent Woods, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTUvc2d0LWJyZW50LXdvb2RzLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLWZhY2luZy1zbGlnaHRseS1yaWdodC0wNGYxMDAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Sgt. Brent Woods, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right]")
![[Anne Montgomerie Traubel, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDkvYW5uZS1tb250Z29tZXJpZS10cmF1YmVsLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC04YWI2NGItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Anne Montgomerie Traubel, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]")
