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![[Thomas Hardie Chalmers, full-length portrait, standing by fireplace, facing left, looking at sheet music]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvdGhvbWFzLWhhcmRpZS1jaGFsbWVycy1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1ieS1maXJlcGxhY2UtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtMWIwMDE5LTEwMjQuanBn/320/399/jpg "[Thomas Hardie Chalmers, full-length portrait, standing by fireplace, facing left, looking at sheet music]")
![[White House visitor; State, War and Navy Building in background. Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjIvMDEvMDEvd2hpdGUtaG91c2UtdmlzaXRvci1zdGF0ZS13YXItYW5kLW5hdnktYnVpbGRpbmctaW4tYmFja2dyb3VuZC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLTYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[White House visitor; State, War and Navy Building in background. Washington, D.C.]")
![[Thomas Alva Edison, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, listening to a new record]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEvdGhvbWFzLWFsdmEtZWRpc29uLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLWZhY2luZy1yaWdodC1saXN0ZW5pbmctdG8tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[Thomas Alva Edison, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, listening to a new record]")
![[Thomas K. Smith, half-length portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvdGhvbWFzLWstc21pdGgtaGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/58/webp "[Thomas K. Smith, half-length portrait, facing left]")
![[Thomas Corwin, full-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, standing by table with tablecloth, backdrop or reflector screen prominent on left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvdGhvbWFzLWNvcndpbi1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVycy10by10aGUtbGVmdC1zdGFuZGluZy1ieS10YWJsZS0xNTBlYjYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "[Thomas Corwin, full-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, standing by table with tablecloth, backdrop or reflector screen prominent on left]")
![[Alma Gluck, full-length portrait, standing by piano, facing slightly left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvYWxtYS1nbHVjay1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1ieS1waWFuby1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktbGVmdC0wNTFlZDUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Alma Gluck, full-length portrait, standing by piano, facing slightly left]")
![[Charles Evans Hughes, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvY2hhcmxlcy1ldmFucy1odWdoZXMtdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlci1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhbmRpbmctZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "[Charles Evans Hughes, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing left]")
![[Thomas Hart Benton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing three-quarters to the left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvdGhvbWFzLWhhcnQtYmVudG9uLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlcnMtdG8tdGhlLThmY2E4Ny02NDAuanBn/40/55/webp "[Thomas Hart Benton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing three-quarters to the left]")
