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1841:
Statue of George Washington Wearing a Toga
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Era:
1800s
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The Smithsonian American Art Museum
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1780s:
George Washington’s false teeth
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1870s:
Construction of the Statue of Liberty
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1886:
The frame of the Statue of Liberty
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1877-1885:
Statue of Liberty in Paris
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1892:
Italian Monk Wearing a Funeral Mask
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Unboxing the Statue of Liberty, 1885
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c. 1850:
Ambrotype of an Ojibwa Man wearing western dress and snow goggles
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c.1498:
Statue of “Henry VIII as a child”
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c. 1971-1976:
Vietnam Veterans Against the War occupy the Statue of Liberty
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1906:
The Statue of Louis Agassiz After the San Francisco Earthquake
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1930:
Alice White Wearing an Aeroplane Hat
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c. 1895:
The Duke of York (Later King George V) Holding a Pug
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1930:
Women Wearing Masks on Venice Beach
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1925-1926:
Ku Klux Klan’s Washington Parades
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January 1921:
Herbert Bell and Joe Garso’s “Fresh Moves”, Washington D.C.
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1974:
Washington bus strike
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1923:
The Anti-flirt Club, Washington D. C.
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1976:
Elton John and George Best
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1950s:
Young George Harrison
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1785:
George Biggins’ Ascent in Lunardi’ Balloon
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1920:
Beggar running alongside King George V’s coach, Epsom Races
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1500s-1900s:
Life / Death Masks
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1844:
Photograph of the Duke of Wellington
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4th March 1861 :
Abraham Lincoln’s Inauguration
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1890s-1900s:
Tsar Nicholas II Clowning Around with Friends
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1862-1877:
Young Theodore Roosevelt
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c. late 1800s:
Ladies don’t argue with a burglar
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c. late 1800s:
Women in matching dresses
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1894:
Indian Caste Heads
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1874:
Interior of the Public Library of Cincinnati
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1810-1850:
‘Half and Half’ Anatomical Models
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1891:
Selika Lazevsk, Ecuyère
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1865:
Man in a fly costume
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1896-1907:
Victorian Cliff House
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c.1890s:
La Sylphe