Elizabeth Bentley, American former spy for the Soviet Union. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Helen Tamiris (back), watching hopefuls who are being auditioned on stage of the St. James Theatre
Helen Tamiris from a larger photo of her with Rodgers and Hammerstein and Irving Berlin, watching auditions on stage of the St. James Theatre
Irving Berlin, from a larger photo of him with Rodgers and Hammerstein and Helen Tamiris, watching auditions on stage of the St. James Theatre
John Gates, American Communist Party activist Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly), half-length portrait, facing left, holding guitar / World Telegram & Sun photo by Austin Wilder.
Richard Rodgers at the St. James Theatre, 1948 Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sidney Robertson Cowell, folk-music scholar and wife of Henry Cowell. Library of Congress description: "Sidney Cowell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right / World-Telegram photo by Higgins."
Candidate's welcome. Thomas E. Dewey with Thomas J. Curran, Manhattan GOP leader, on return from campaign tour / World-Telegram photo by Palumbo.
Whittaker Chambers, American writer, editor, and Communist party-member-turned-defector.