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Page 1: Portrait of Jack Warren by Jimmy Warren Photography
Page 1: Portrait of President George Washington. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 7: Painted and engraved by Charles Willson Peale, 1787. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 11: Lithograph published by E. Farrell, 1840–60. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 13: Photograph of an engraving by Amos Doolittle, 1790. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 21: Lloyd J. Harriss Pies, Milwaukee, 1947. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 24: Lithograph by M. E. D. Brown, 1833, after a painting by Edward Savage. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 26: Portrait of David McCullough by William B. McCullough
Page 26: Portrait of John Adams, lithograph by Pendleton’s Lithography, c. 1828, after a painting by Gilbert Stuart. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 34: Henry Bowen’s Chemical Print, Boston, 1850s. Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division
Page 42: “George Town and Federal City, or City of Washington.” Aquatint by T. Cartwright from a painting by George Beck. Atkins & Nightingale, London and Philadelphia, 1801. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 43: Published by John Stockdale, London, 1798. Library of Congress Geography and Maps Division
Page 45: Portrait of Jon Meacham by Heidi Ross
Page 45: Portrait of President Thomas Jefferson. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 48: Thomas Jefferson Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page 55: Thomas Jefferson Papers. Thomas Jefferson, drawn by his friend Tadeusz Kosciuszko, c. 1810. Aquatint by M. Sokolnicki. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 58: Thomas Jefferson Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page 65: Thomas Jefferson Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page 67: Portrait of Ron Chernow by Beowulf Sheehan
Page 67: Portrait of Alexander Hamilton, engraving by the Society of Iconophiles, 1902, reproducing the face from a 1792 John Trumbull portrait. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 72: Stereograph card published by the Keystone View Company, c. 1905. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 73: “A. Hamilton, drawn from life, Jan. 11, 1773.” Photograph of a miniature watercolor and ink portrait, artist unknown. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 76: “Mrs. Alexander Hamilton.” Engraving from a painting by Ralph Earl, 1780s. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 80: Title page of The Federalist Papers, printed in New York by John Tiebout, 1799. Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division
Page 90: Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co., c. 1900–15. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 91: Portrait of Walter Isaacson courtesy of the Aspen Institute
Page 91: “D. Benjamin Franklin.” Mezzotint by Johann Elias Haid, 1780. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 95: Illustrated page from Benjamin Franklin’s Experiments and Observations on Electricity, Made at Philadelphia in America. Engraving by Thomas Jefferys. Printed by E. Cave, London, 1751. Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division
Page 101: Benjamin Franklin Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page 103: “B. Franklin of Philadelphia.” Mezzotint by Edward Fisher, 1763, after a painting by Mason Chamberlin, 1762. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 105: Woodcut published in the Pennsylvania Gazette, May 9, 1754. Library of Congress Serial and Government Publications Division
Page 116: Portrait of Cokie Roberts courtesy of ABC News
Page 116: Portrait of Abigail Adams, engraving, c. 1850 after a portrait by Gilbert Stuart. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 125: National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division
Page 126: Lithograph by Dominique C. Fabronius, published by L. Prang & Co., Boston, c. 1864, after a 1796 portrait by Gilbert Stuart. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 131: Engraving by Charles Goodman and Robert Piggot, c. 1820, after a painting by Bass Otis. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 134: Carte de visite albumen photographic print by Mathew Brady, 1861. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 136: “Mrs. Franklin.” Engraving by Joseph Andrews, 1840–45. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 137: Portrait of Doris Kearns Goodwin by Annie Leibovitz
Page 137: Portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite albumen photographic print by Alexander Gardner, Feb. 5, 1865. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 152: Albumen photographic print by Alexander Gardner, Oct. 3, 1862. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 154: Mezzotint print by Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1866, after a painting by Francis B. Carpenter. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 157: “Emancipation.” Wood engraving by King & Baird Printers after a drawing by Thomas Nast, published by S. Bott, Philadelphia, 1865. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 160: Portrait of A. Scott Berg by Aloma
Page 160: Portrait of Charles Lindbergh, photograph by Underwood & Underwood, 1927. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 164: Cartoon by Clifford K. Berryman, published in the Washington Star, March 1932. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 169: 1927 photograph of Charles Lindbergh, photographer unknown. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 171: Photograph by Martin J. Ford, 1927. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 177: Photograph by Hartsook, 1927. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 185: Portrait of Jay Winik by Carl Caruso
Page 185: Portrait of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, c. 1941. U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 193: U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Robert F. Sargent, June 6, 1944. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 196: U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, 1943. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 204: U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, March 1945. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 206: Portrait of Jean Edward Smith by Rick Haye
Page 206: Portrait of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Oct. 14, 1957—his sixty-seventh birthday. MPI/Getty Images. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 216: U.S. Army photograph, June 6, 1944. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 218: Harris & Ewing photograph, mid- to late 1950s. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 219: Photograph by Colonial Studio, Richmond, 1948. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 223: “Vote for peace, vote for prosperity, vote for Ike!” Campaign poster, 1952. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 229: Portrait of Richard Reeves by Patricia Williams
Page 229: Portrait of John F. Kennedy, 1961, White House Press Office photo. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 235: AP Photo/Anthony Camerano, Dec. 21, 1954
Page 239: AP Photo, Oct. 19, 1960. New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 240: “Kennedy for President: Leadership for the 60’s.” Campaign poster. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 246: AP Photo, July 3, 1963. New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 248: Photograph by Toni Frissell, September 12, 1953. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 249: Portrait of Taylor Branch by Jean-Pierre Isbendjian
Page 249: Triptych portrait of Martin Luther King Jr., 1967, photographer unknown. New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 262: Bettmann/Getty Images, May 14, 1961, United Press International photograph. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 265: Bettmann/Getty Images, August 28, 1963, United Press International photograph. New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 269: PhotoQuest/Getty Images, 1965, United Press International photograph. New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 270: AP Photo, December 4, 1964. New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 273: Portrait of Robert Caro by Joyce Ravid
Page 273: Portrait of Lyndon B. Johnson, September 1955, photograph by Thomas J. O’Halloran. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 281: LBJ and FDR, c. 1936–37, photographer unknown. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 286: Photograph by Bob Sandburg, January 3, 1958. Look Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 295: Photograph by Warren K. Leffler, July 21, 1965. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 297: Portrait of Bob Woodward by Lisa Berg
Page 297: Portrait of Richard Nixon, official White House photograph. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 303: “Nixon’s the One!” Campaign poster, 1968. Yanker Poster Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 307: Photograph by Thomas J. O’Halloran, October 1974. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 313: Photograph by Warren K. Leffler, June 19, 1973. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 317: Portrait of H. W. Brands courtesy of the University of Texas
Page 317: Portrait of Governor Reagan at the White House, 1971, photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, 1971. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 322: New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 330: The Jack Kemp Papers. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 335: Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, 1986. Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 339: “Bringing America Back!” Reagan-Bush campaign poster, 1984, by Dave Kilmer. Poster Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 342: Portrait of Chief Justice John Roberts, courtesy of the Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States
Page 342: “The Chief Justices of the United States.” Group portrait, c. 1894, lithograph by Kurz & Allison. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 351: Cartoon by Herb Block, cc. 1981, The Herb Block Foundation. Herbert L. Block Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 351: U.S. Supreme Court photograph, 1981–83. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 357: AP Photo, May 17, 1954. New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 359: Photograph by Thomas J. O’Halloran, May 20, 1957. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page 363: Photograph by R. Michael Jenkins, 1993. Congressional Quarterly Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division