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Rarely-Seen Images from the Archives

Walt Whitman, pictured here circa 1887, maintained close relationships with men throughout his life and his poems celebrate human sexuality.

Photograph by George Collins Cox. John Flanagan photographs, ca. 1900-1920. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Instituation

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