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Early 1900s newsboy — Tony Casale, newsboy, Hartford, Connecticut, 1909. Photo by Lewis Hine. Image courtesy of the Getty Museum

In our age of social media, we could all do with a little more face time. Why not get it at a Blue Star Museum? The portraits here can all be found at participating museums. For even more portraits, click through to our Pinterest page.

Portrait of a man with wild hair — Lucas I (1986-1987) by Chuck Close. Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Louis Armstrong sitting on steps with trumpet — Louis Armstrong, 1956, by Bob Willoughby. Image courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Painting of a woman with blue eyes — Blue Eyes (Portrait of Madame Jeanne Hébuterne) (1917) by Amedeo Modigliani. Image courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

1800s painting of Native American Crow chief — "Big Bowl" (A Crow Chief) (1858-1960) by Alfred Jacob Miller. Image courtesy of the Walters Art Museum

Self-portrait of George Gershwin with sheet music — George Gershwin Self-Portrait (1934) by George Gershwin. Image courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Painting of a woman in blue — Portrait of Florence Pierce (1914) by George Bellows. Painting at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Image courtesy of WikiMedia Commons

Colorful abstract painting of a man — Self-Portrait with Squash (1951) by Stanton MacDonald-Wright. Image courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Painting of woman sitting by a desk — Elaine de Kooning Self-Portrait (1946) by Elaine de Kooning. Image courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution