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![Our Goddess of Liberty - what is she to be? To what complexion are we to come at last? [composite caricature of 5 female heads, different racial versions of Liberty]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvb3VyLWdvZGRlc3Mtb2YtbGliZXJ0eS13aGF0LWlzLXNoZS10by1iZS10by13aGF0LWNvbXBsZXhpb24tYXJlLXdlLXRvLWNvbWUtYWYyZGVkLTEwMjQuanBn/320/477/jpg "Our Goddess of Liberty - what is she to be? To what complexion are we to come at last? [composite caricature of 5 female heads, different racial versions of Liberty]")
![[Morteotype of Mary Gideon, half-length portrait of a woman, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDkvbW9ydGVvdHlwZS1vZi1tYXJ5LWdpZGVvbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1vZi1hLXdvbWFuLWZhY2luZy1mcm9udC1lMDczYzAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Morteotype of Mary Gideon, half-length portrait of a woman, facing front]")
![[Hleastunuh--Skokomish, Indian women, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvaGxlYXN0dW51aC1za29rb21pc2gtaW5kaWFuLXdvbWVuLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtYzJiNDhmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Hleastunuh--Skokomish, Indian women, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]")
![[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXNsaWdodGx5LXJpZ2h0LTA4MGFlZS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]")
