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Time magazine covers depicting presidents, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Time magazine has pictured every president except Herbert Hoover on its cover since it began in 1923. On some occasions Time commissioned portrait painters to produce presidential likenesses. Some of the most memorable pictures are discussed.See the full content of this document
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Presidents: going back in time.
To portray the U.S.'s chief executives on its covers. Time magazine has utilized the talents of many of the nation's most distinguished artists and photographers.
The American presidency is a job like no other. The ultimate prize in the U.S.'s system of elected government, it is a position that never has lacked for applicants, despite the relatively lo...See the full content of this document
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