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![[Man seated on Aultman-Taylor threshing machine] / J.A. Hawkins, photographer.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODEvMDEvMDEvbWFuLXNlYXRlZC1vbi1hdWx0bWFuLXRheWxvci10aHJlc2hpbmctbWFjaGluZS1qYS1oYXdraW5zLXBob3RvZ3JhcGhlci02NDAuanBn/320/221/jpg "[Man seated on Aultman-Taylor threshing machine] / J.A. Hawkins, photographer.")
![[Thomas Edison, seated beside phonograph]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvdGhvbWFzLWVkaXNvbi1zZWF0ZWQtYmVzaWRlLXBob25vZ3JhcGgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[Thomas Edison, seated beside phonograph]")
![[John Hays Hammond, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvam9obi1oYXlzLWhhbW1vbmQtdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlci1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc2VhdGVkLWZhY2luZy1mcm9udC02NDAuanBn/40/61/webp "[John Hays Hammond, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front]")
![[Mrs. Herbert Hoover, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjgvMDEvMDEvbXJzLWhlcmJlcnQtaG9vdmVyLXRocmVlLXF1YXJ0ZXItbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1mYWNpbmctZnJvbnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Mrs. Herbert Hoover, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front]")
![[William Howard Taft, full-length portrait, seated on rocking chair, facing right, with two other men]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvd2lsbGlhbS1ob3dhcmQtdGFmdC1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtb24tcm9ja2luZy1jaGFpci1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtYWM0ODVjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[William Howard Taft, full-length portrait, seated on rocking chair, facing right, with two other men]")
