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National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Jimmy Carter
The National Portrait Gallery explores the facets of presidential actions toward the Cold War. Click on Jimmy Carter to watch a short video where he expresses his support for human rights across the world. The end of the video shows the...
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National Portrait Gallery: The Mask of Lincoln: Lincoln's Second Inaugural
See a historical photograph taken as Lincoln stepped forward to deliver his inaugural address after being sworn into office as president for the second time. Accompanying caption explains the event?s significance in American history, and...
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National Portrait Gallery: The Mask of Lincoln: Lincoln's First Inaugural
Link to a historical photograph taken during Lincoln's first inaugural address and reproduced online by the National Portrait Gallery. Accompanying caption illuminates the event's significance in American history, using Lincoln's own...
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National Portrait Gallery: The Mask of Lincoln: Jefferson Davis
Link to a photographic portrait of Jefferson Davis and read the accompanying caption, which neatly summarizes Davis?s political career as president of the Confederacy and his role as Lincoln?s opposite.
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National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: You Are Wanted
Captioned exhibit of a World War I-era recruiting poster for the U.S. armed forces features a portrait of General John J. Pershing. Accompanying text explains the principles of design that make the work particularly effective.
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National Portrait Gallery: The Mask of Lincoln: Proclamation of Emancipation
View an elaborate engraving of the Emancipation Proclamation, produced two years after Lincoln first issued it. It marries Civil War-era iconography with the text of Lincoln's declaration and is a useful resource for analyzing artistic...