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William Rockefeller

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of William "Old Bill" Rockefeller, father of John D. Rockefeller.
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John D. Rockefeller

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Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of a young John D. Rockefeller, taken around the time he began to make his mark as an oil baron.
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Herbert Hoover

Date: 06 20 1920
Description: Herbert Hoover, during his tenure as head of the U.S. Food Administration, receiving an honorary degree from Brown University.
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The Rockefeller Family Cousins

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Description: Group portrait of (l to r) philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Sr., his cousins Mary Ann & Lucy Ann, brother William, Jr., and cousin Frank.
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Laura Spelman Rockefeller

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Description: Head and shoulders vignetted portrait of Laura, wife of John D. Rockefeller.
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President Wilson leaving the White House

Date: 03 12 1917
Description: President Wilson leaves the White House in a black car on his way to the Capitol to take oath.
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Senator George Norris

Date: 1917
Description: Senator George Willliam Norris posed at the base of a fluted column on the portico of the United States Capitol building. He holds a document in his right ...
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Jane Addams

Date: 1916
Description: Oval-framed, waist-up portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well as th...
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Robert Judson Aley

Date: 06 19 1917
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Robert Judson Aley. Caption reads: "CONVENTION OF NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSN AT PORTLAND, ORE. JULY 7th. Robert J. Aley, Pres. of t...

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