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![[Plaque showing Helen Keller, half lgth., right profile, with inscription "To be blind is to see the bright side of life"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvcGxhcXVlLXNob3dpbmctaGVsZW4ta2VsbGVyLWhhbGYtbGd0aC1yaWdodC1wcm9maWxlLXdpdGgtaW5zY3JpcHRpb24tdG8tYmUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/521/jpg "[Plaque showing Helen Keller, half lgth., right profile, with inscription \"To be blind is to see the bright side of life\"]")
![[Lou Hoover and Herbert Hoover at Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzEvMDEvMDEvbG91LWhvb3Zlci1hbmQtaGVyYmVydC1ob292ZXItYXQtdG9tYi1vZi11bmtub3duLXNvbGRpZXItYXJsaW5ndG9uLW5hdGlvbmFsLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Lou Hoover and Herbert Hoover at Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia]")
![[Helen Keller, half-length portrait, seated, right profile]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvaGVsZW4ta2VsbGVyLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1yaWdodC1wcm9maWxlLWVhMGQwMS02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Helen Keller, half-length portrait, seated, right profile]")
![[Helen Keller, full-length portrait, standing by fence, holding palm(?) leaves, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTMvaGVsZW4ta2VsbGVyLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLWJ5LWZlbmNlLWhvbGRpbmctcGFsbS1sZWF2ZXMtZmFjaW5nLTg3NWI5NS02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Helen Keller, full-length portrait, standing by fence, holding palm(?) leaves, facing right]")
![[Percival Lowell, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDQvMDEvMDEvcGVyY2l2YWwtbG93ZWxsLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1zbGlnaHRseS1sZWZ0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Percival Lowell, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]")
![[Miss Laura Clay, half-length portrait, seated at desk reading, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTYvMDEvMDEvbWlzcy1sYXVyYS1jbGF5LWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1hdC1kZXNrLXJlYWRpbmctZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Miss Laura Clay, half-length portrait, seated at desk reading, facing left]")
![[Ellis A. Gimbel, half-length portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjYvMDEvMDEvZWxsaXMtYS1naW1iZWwtaGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "[Ellis A. Gimbel, half-length portrait, facing left]")
![[Houdini, "the genius of escape," on the Orpheum Circuit]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjMvMDEvMDEvaG91ZGluaS10aGUtZ2VuaXVzLW9mLWVzY2FwZS1vbi10aGUtb3JwaGV1bS1jaXJjdWl0LXNtYWxsLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/124/webp "[Houdini, \"the genius of escape,\" on the Orpheum Circuit]")
