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Famous People

Selected Portraits From the Collections of the Library of Congress


Introduction (Rights/Ordering Info.) - Full list of names
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I - J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q - R | S | T | U - W | X - Z |


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ABERNATHY, RALPH see image in online reference aid: "Images of 20th Century African American Activists: A Select List"
Bella Abzug portrait
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ABZUG, BELLA. Photograph taken by Warren K. Leffler at press conference for National Youth Conference for '72. 1971 Nov. 30.
Location: U.S. News and World Report Collection (25193A, frame #13).
Reproduction Number: LC-U9-25193-A-13
ADAMS, ABIGAIL see image in online reference aid: "First Ladies of the United States"
ADAMS, JOHN see image in online reference aid: "Presidents of the United States"
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY see image in online reference aid: "Presidents of the United States"
ADAMS, LOUISA CATHERINE see image in online reference aid: "First Ladies of the United States"
Maude Adams portrait
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ADAMS, MAUDE. Photograph. 1902.
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-17789
Samuel Adams portrait
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ADAMS, SAMUEL. Engraving by C. Goodman & R. Piggot after painting by Copley. [Between 1810 and 1835.]
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-102271
Jane Addams portrait
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ADDAMS, JANE. Photograph. Copyright by Moffett. Copyrighted 1914.
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-10598
Louisa May Alcott portrait
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ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY. "The late Louisa May Alcott." Wood engraving after photograph. Published in Harper's Weekly, vol. 32, p. 193. 1888.
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ61-452
Alexander the Great portrait
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT. "Etched by Jacques Reich after the marble bust in the Capitol at Rome." Copyrighted by Lea Brothers & Company, 1902.
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-40088
Hans Christian Andersen portrait
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ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. Photograph by Georg E. Hansen. [No date found on item.]
Location: Original in Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Reference print in Biographical File.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-43573
Marian Anderson portrait
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ANDERSON, MARIAN. Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. 1940 Jan. 14.
Location: LOT 12735, no. 48
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-42524
Susan B. Anthony portrait
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ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL. Photograph. [No date found on item.]
Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-46713
Note: see also image in online reference aid: "Votes for Women: The Struggle for Women's Suffrage"
Benedict Arnold portrait
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ARNOLD, BENEDICT. "Colonel Arnold who commanded the provincial troops sent against Quebec through the wilderness of Canada and was wounded in storming that city under General Montgomery." Mezzotint. London: Thomas Hart, 1776.
Location: PC 1 - 5331A
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-39570
ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN see image in online reference aid: "Presidents of the United States"
ARTHUR, ELLEN HERNDON see image in online reference aid: "First Ladies of the United States"

Prepared by: Samuel V. Daniel III, Barbara O. Natanson, and P&P staff. Last revised: May 2000
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