LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[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]")
![[Samuel Langhorne Clemens, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, holding pipe]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTIvc2FtdWVsLWxhbmdob3JuZS1jbGVtZW5zLXRocmVlLXF1YXJ0ZXItbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktZDhhNTdlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Samuel Langhorne Clemens, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, holding pipe]")
![[Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910, three-quarters length portrait, facing left; holding pipe]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDcvMDEvMDEvc2FtdWVsLWxhbmdob3JuZS1jbGVtZW5zLTE4MzUtMTkxMC10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVycy1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/24/webp "[Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910, three-quarters length portrait, facing left; holding pipe]")
![[Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, half length, seated behind desk, looking down at book, facing right; shelves filled with books in background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvYW5kcmV3LWNhcm5lZ2llLTE4MzUtMTkxOS1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1zZWF0ZWQtYmVoaW5kLWRlc2stbG9va2luZy1kb3duLWF0LWJvb2stYTA2ZjExLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, half length, seated behind desk, looking down at book, facing right; shelves filled with books in background]")
![[Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-1894, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing left, in his study]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvb2xpdmVyLXdlbmRlbGwtaG9sbWVzLTE4MDktMTg5NC1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtYXQtZGVzay1mYWNpbmctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-1894, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing left, in his study]")
