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Vanity Fair Portraits

Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson by Edward Steichen, 1924 Photograph: Edward Steichen/(c) Condé Nast Publications Inc. / Image Courtesy George Eastman House
Virginia Woolf by Maurice Beck and Helen MacGregor, 1924
Virginia Woolf by Maurice Beck and Helen MacGregor, 1924 Photograph: Maurice Beck and Helen MacGregor/(c) Reserved / Private Collection
Jean Harlow by George Hurrell, 1934
Jean Harlow by George Hurrell, 1934 Photograph: (c) Estate of George Hurrell, courtesy of George Hurrell Jr. / Image Courtesy Condé Nast Archive
Louis Armstrong, 1935. Gelatin silver print, by Anton Bruehl
Louis Armstrong, 1935. Gelatin silver print, by Anton Bruehl Photograph: Anton Bruehl/(c) Condé Nast Publications Inc. / Image Courtesy National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / Art Resource, NY
Philip Johnson by Josef Astor, 1996
Philip Johnson by Josef Astor, 1996 Photograph: (c) Josef Astor
Mick Jagger, Madonna and Tony Curtis by Dafydd Jones, 1997
Mick Jagger, Madonna and Tony Curtis by Dafydd Jones, 1997 Photograph: (c) Dafydd Jones
Hollywood Cover by Annie Leibovitz, April 2001
Hollywood Cover by Annie Leibovitz, April 2001 Photograph: (c) Annie Leibovitz
Hilary Swank by Norman Jean Roy, March 2005
Hilary Swank by Norman Jean Roy, March 2005 Photograph: (c) Norman Jean Roy
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