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National Museum of American History: American Presidency: Andrew Jackson
Brief biographical sketch of America's seventh president includes background information on the era in which he served and linked-to objects from the Smithsonian's collections that help define the man and his presidency.
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National Museum of American History: American Presidency: Martin Van Buren
Brief biographical sketch of America's eighth president includes background information on the era in which he served and linked-to objects from the Smithsonian's collections that help define the man and his presidency.
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National Museum of American History: American Presidency: John Quincy Adams
Brief biographical sketch of America's sixth president includes background information on the era in which he served and linked-to objects from the Smithsonian's collections that help define the man and his presidency.
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National Museum of American History: American Presidency: William Henry Harrison
Brief biographical sketch of America's ninth president includes background information on the era in which he served and linked-to objects from the Smithsonian's collections that help define the man and his presidency.
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National Museum of American History: American Presidency: James Madison
Brief biographical sketch of America's fourth president includes background information on the era in which he served and linked-to objects from the Smithsonian's collections that help define the man and his presidency.
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National Museum of American History: American Presidency: James Monroe
Brief biographical sketch of America's fifth president includes background information on the era in which he served and linked-to objects from the Smithsonian's collections that help define the man and his presidency.
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National Museum of American History: American Presidency: Millard Fillmore
Brief biographical sketch of America's thirteenth president includes background information on the era in which he served.
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National Museum of American History: Earl Schaeffer and the Appalachian Trail
Earl Schaeffer is credited with being the first person to walk the length of the Appalachian Trail, from Georgia to Maine. Follow this link to an exhibition site where extracts from Schaeffer's diary of his four-month-long trek,...
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National Portrait Gallery: Portrait of the Art World: Ar Tnews: Gerhard Richter
Brief essay about the artistic preoccupations of German painter Gerhard Richter.
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National Portrait Gallery: Mathew Brady's Portraits: William Cullen Bryant
Short biographical note about William Cullen Bryant illustrated with a portrait photograph taken by Mathew Brady, celebrated portrait and Civil War photographer.
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National Portrait Gallery: Mathew Brady's Portraits: Charles Sumner
Short biographical note about Charles Sumner, illustrated with a portrait photograph taken by Mathew Brady, celebrated portrait and Civil War photographer.
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National Portrait Gallery: Dorothy Parker
Certainly the key figure in the Algonquin Round Table, this gives a summary of Dorothy Parker's activities and a well-drawn caricature of her.
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National Portrait Gallery: Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy
A brief biography of the life and musical career of Louis Armstrong from the National Portrait Gallery.
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National Portrait Gallery: Native Americans: Osceola ("Black Drink")
This website gives a very brief biography of Osceola, the young leader of the Seminoles in the mid-1800s.
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National Portrait Gallery: Josephine Baker: Image and Icon
A slideshow of more than a dozen photographic, drawn, and printed portraits of Josephine Baker, set to the music of Duke Ellington. An evocative encapsulation of Jazz Age celebrity.
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National Portrait Gallery: Portrait of the Art World: Frank O. Gehry
Brief essay about the characteristic qualities of Gehry's work.
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National Portrait Gallery: Portrait of the Art World: Chuck Close
Brief essay about the artistic interests of American artist Chuck Close.
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National Portrait Gallery: Portrait of the Art World: Robert Henri
Brief essay about the career of influential American artist and educator Robert Henri.
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National Portrait Gallery: Portrait of the Art World: George Bellows
Brief essay about the artistic interests of American artist George Bellows.
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National Portrait Gallery: Portrait of the Art World: Pablo Picasso
Brief essay about the artistic legacy of twentieth-century modernist Pablo Picasso.
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National Portrait Gallery: Portrait of the Art World: Torres Garcia
Brief biographical sketch of Torres-Garcia.
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National Portrait Gallery: Portrait of the Art World: Moholy Nagy
Brief biographical sketch of Bauhaus educator and artist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.
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National Portrait Gallery: Portrait of the Art World: Ryder
Brief essay about the artistic interests of American artist Albert Pinkham Ryder.
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National Portrait Gallery: Portrait of the Art World: Frankenthaler
Brief essay describes Helen Frankenthaler's soak-stain technique.