Alan Watts
Photographer / source credit: The University of Vermont Alumni Magazine vol. 39 no. 01, p. 22..
Source designation: Public domain.
Portrait credits
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Donald Trump
Photographer / source credit: Daniel Torok.
Source designation: Public domain.
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FDR
Photographer / source credit: Leon Perskie.
Source designation: CC BY 2.0.
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Frank Sinatra
Photographer / source credit: Photograph by Capitol Records, per a credit found in the 1959 edition of the International Celebrity Register at page 696. No known source credits an individual photographer..
Source designation: Public domain.
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George W. Bush
Photographer / source credit: Eric Draper.
Source designation: Public domain.
Gilbert Gottfried
Photographer / source credit: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA.
Source designation: CC BY 2.0.
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JFK
Photographer / source credit: Cecil W. Stoughton.
Source designation: Public domain.
Louis C.K.
Photographer / source credit: YMH Studios.
Source designation: CC BY 3.0.
Mitch Hedberg
Photographer / source credit: Susan Maljan.
Source designation: Fair use.
Mr. Rogers
Photographer / source credit: Family Communications, Inc..
Source designation: Public domain.
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Nelson Mandela
Photographer / source credit: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel.
Source designation: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orson Welles
Photographer / source credit: Carl Van Vechten.
Source designation: Public domain.
The Notorious B.I.G.
Photographer / source credit: Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times (presumed).
Source designation: Fair use.
William F. Buckley
Photographer / source credit: Unknown photographer.
Source designation: Public domain.
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