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William; Alden, Henry Mills; Conant, Samuel Stillman; Schuyler, Montgomery; Foord, John; Davis, Richard Harding; Schurz, Carl; Nelson, Henry Loomis; Bangs, John Kendrick; Harvey, George Brinton Mcclellan; Hapgood, Norman (1913).
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The Joyous Troublemaker, an illustration designed by Johnson.
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Edan Milton Hughes, Artists in California 1786 – 1940.
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