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Colored pencil and watercolor sketch of a man in a hat and green jacket on a boardwalk among dune grasses and yellow flowers.

Childe Hassam Self-Portrait

Childe Hassam, 1930

Colorful caricature mural study with police officer, cowboy on horse, helmeted figure, and cherubs in clouds.

Mural Study #2:

John Decker, 1940

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a straw hat and plaid puffed-sleeve blouse, resting on a wicker chair.

Lillian Gish

Eric Pape, 1930

Jane Addams

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Caricature mural study showing a row of exaggerated figures in top hats, a red gown, and a child, under painted clouds.

Mural Study #4:

John Decker, 1940

Charcoal portrait of a woman with wavy hair in a belted dark coat, turning toward the viewer, signed and dated 1930.

Helen Hayes

Eric Pape, 1930

Ink sketch of a man with a butterfly net among butterflies, a dome on the horizon, and a canister reading Votes for Women 191

Theodore Roosevelt

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1920

Colorful caricature mural study with exaggerated figures, a steam train, trumpeting cherubs, and a police officer on railway

Mural Study #1: Perils of Pauline/Keystone Cops

John Decker, 1940

Sheet music cover showing a couple dancing in an oval frame against red and green striped background.

Castle Innovation Waltz

Vernon Blythe Castle, 1910

Colored postcard view of the U.S. Patent Office building in Washington, D.C., with columns, an American flag, and a lawn.

U. S. Patent Office, Washington, D. C.

A. C. Bosselman & Co, 1920

Hand-colored postcard of the Patent Office in Washington, D.C., with columned facades, an American flag, and pedestrians on t

Patent Office, Washington, D. C.

B. S. Reynolds Co, 1910

Colored postcard view of the neoclassical Patent Office building in Washington, D.C., with columns and pedestrians on the str

Patent Office, Washington, D. C.

The Rotograph Co, 1910

Sheet music cover with palm trees, a steamship on water, and an oval portrait of Al Jolson in the lower right corner.

Down Among the Sheltering Palms

Rosenbaum Studios, 1910

Colored postcard of the U.S. Patent Office in Washington with columns, an American flag, and pedestrians on the street.

U. S. Patent Office, Washington

B. S. Reynolds Co, 1920

Blue-toned sheet music cover for 'I've Lost You' with a portrait of a woman resting her chin on her hands.

I've Lost You

Theda Bara, 1910

Colored postcard of the U.S. Patent Office building in Washington D.C. with columns, striped awnings and a flag.

U. S. Patent Office, Washington, D. C.

Illustrated Post Card Co, 1910

Colored view of the U.S. Patent Office in Washington with columns, an American flag, and pedestrians on the street.

U.S. Patent Office

B. S. Reynolds Co, 1920

Poster of Eddie Foy in a red and white striped suit, smiling, with song titles listed on the left.

When There's No Light at All

Edward Foy, 1910

Hand-colored postcard view of the neoclassical Patent Office building in Washington, D.C., with striped awnings and columns.

Patent Office

A. C. Bosselman & Co, 1920

Etching of football players tackling on a field, with classical columned buildings and a stadium in the background.

Red Grange

Henry Farré, 1920

Poster of a man in an ornate embroidered robe before blue pagodas and hills, with gold text reading Long Tack Sam.

Long Tack Sam

Adolph Friedländer, 1910

Etching of a young woman in a sun hat holding a tennis racket beside a wooden fence and ivy-covered hedge.

Helen Wills Moody

Childe Hassam, 1920

Sheet music cover for I Like My Old Home Town showing three photographic portraits of Harry Lauder in Scottish costume.

I Like My Old Home Town

Harry Lauder, 1920

Colored print of the neoclassical Patent Office in Washington, D.C., with columns, a flag, and horse-drawn carriages on the s

Patent Office

Foster & Reynolds, 1920

Hand-colored postcard of the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C., with columns, flags, a tram and early cars on the street

U. S. Patent Office, Washington, D. C.

B. S. Reynolds Co, 1920

Oil portrait of a seated white-haired woman in a dark embroidered shawl with a white fur collar, against a dark background.

Clara Cook Kellogg

Philip de László, 1920

Sepia illustration of the Patent Office building in Washington with columns, an American flag, and horse-drawn carriages on t

Patent Office, Washington, D. C.

Foster & Reynolds, 1920

Red Cloud (Makhpiya-luta)

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1930

Oil portrait of a seated elderly woman with white hair in a black dress, sheer shawl and green beaded necklace.

Iphigenia Wise Ochs

Philip de László, 1930

Loose oil portrait of a man with graying hair in a gray suit and blue tie against a brown background.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Ellen Gertrude Emmet Rand, 1920