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![John Dewey (1859-1952), Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0456].](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-SIA2008-0456/full/300,/0/default.jpg "John Dewey (1859-1952), Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0456].")
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![Philip Hanson Hiss (1868-1913), Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-3226].](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-SIA2008-3226/full/300,/0/default.jpg "Philip Hanson Hiss (1868-1913), Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-3226].")
![Pan Guangdan (1898-1967), 1925, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-0772].](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-SIA2009-0772-000001/full/300,/0/default.jpg "Pan Guangdan (1898-1967), 1925, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-0772].")