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![[Samuel Gompers, 1850-1924, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, and wife Sophia Julian Gompers]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvc2FtdWVsLWdvbXBlcnMtMTg1MC0xOTI0LWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LWFuZC13aWZlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/227/jpg "[Samuel Gompers, 1850-1924, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, and wife Sophia Julian Gompers]")
![[Yvette Guilbert, 1865-1944, half length portrait, standing, facing slightly right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTYvMDEvMDEveXZldHRlLWd1aWxiZXJ0LTE4NjUtMTk0NC1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Yvette Guilbert, 1865-1944, half length portrait, standing, facing slightly right]")
![[Samuel Gompers, 1850-1924, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvc2FtdWVsLWdvbXBlcnMtMTg1MC0xOTI0LWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1hdC1kZXNrLWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Samuel Gompers, 1850-1924, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing left]")
![[Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910, half-length portrait, lying in bed, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEvc2FtdWVsLWxhbmdob3JuZS1jbGVtZW5zLTE4MzUtMTkxMC1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1seWluZy1pbi1iZWQtZmFjaW5nLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910, half-length portrait, lying in bed, facing left]")
![[Wilhelm Cuno, 1876-1933, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvd2lsaGVsbS1jdW5vLTE4NzYtMTkzMy1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[Wilhelm Cuno, 1876-1933, half-length portrait, facing right]")
![[Susie Herring, half-length portrait, Frederica, Georgia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzUvMDEvMDEvc3VzaWUtaGVycmluZy1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mcmVkZXJpY2EtZ2VvcmdpYS02NDAuanBn/40/59/webp "[Susie Herring, half-length portrait, Frederica, Georgia]")
![[George Gershwin, 1898-1937, half-length portrait, standing, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvZ2VvcmdlLWdlcnNod2luLTE4OTgtMTkzNy1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC02NDAuanBn/40/52/webp "[George Gershwin, 1898-1937, half-length portrait, standing, facing left]")
