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![[Man seated on log in timbered wilderness, carpeted with moss and ferns in the state of Washington]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvbWFuLXNlYXRlZC1vbi1sb2ctaW4tdGltYmVyZWQtd2lsZGVybmVzcy1jYXJwZXRlZC13aXRoLW1vc3MtYW5kLWZlcm5zLWluLXRoZS02NDAuanBn/320/250/jpg "[Man seated on log in timbered wilderness, carpeted with moss and ferns in the state of Washington]")
![[Youth seated amid trees and flowers; basket on branch and shovel on ground]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODYvMDEvMDEveW91dGgtc2VhdGVkLWFtaWQtdHJlZXMtYW5kLWZsb3dlcnMtYmFza2V0LW9uLWJyYW5jaC1hbmQtc2hvdmVsLW9uLWdyb3VuZC0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/68/webp "[Youth seated amid trees and flowers; basket on branch and shovel on ground]")
![[Man on goat cart, other people milling around, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODkvMDEvMDEvbWFuLW9uLWdvYXQtY2FydC1vdGhlci1wZW9wbGUtbWlsbGluZy1hcm91bmQtd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Man on goat cart, other people milling around, Washington, D.C.]")
![[George Washington standing at a plow, with Mount Vernon in the background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMzAvZ2VvcmdlLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tc3RhbmRpbmctYXQtYS1wbG93LXdpdGgtbW91bnQtdmVybm9uLWluLXRoZS1iYWNrZ3JvdW5kLTMxMjljNi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[George Washington standing at a plow, with Mount Vernon in the background]")
![[Unidentified boy, seated on park bench, probably in Washington, D.C., holding book]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTQvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLWJveS1zZWF0ZWQtb24tcGFyay1iZW5jaC1wcm9iYWJseS1pbi13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLWhvbGRpbmctYm9vay04YTFhOGEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Unidentified boy, seated on park bench, probably in Washington, D.C., holding book]")
![[Booker T. Washington, seated on steps of porch, with wife and two sons]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvYm9va2VyLXQtd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1zZWF0ZWQtb24tc3RlcHMtb2YtcG9yY2gtd2l0aC13aWZlLWFuZC10d28tc29ucy03ZDUxZGEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Booker T. Washington, seated on steps of porch, with wife and two sons]")
![[Man with crutches; U.S. Capitol in background. Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTkvMDEvMDEvbWFuLXdpdGgtY3J1dGNoZXMtdXMtY2FwaXRvbC1pbi1iYWNrZ3JvdW5kLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[Man with crutches; U.S. Capitol in background. Washington, D.C.]")
