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Pearl White and George Vaux Bacon
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Silent film star Pearl White behind the wheel of a 1915 Stutz Bearcat roadster with journalist George Vaux Bacon sitting beside her. The photograph was made to accompany an article Bacon was writing for the January 1916 issue of Photoplay Magazine.
1915
White Studio
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Robert Warwick and a Stutz Bearcat Automobile
1916
Silent film star Robert Warwick in heavy fur coat and hat leaning over the engine of a Stutz Bearcat roadster. Original caption: "D--n that carburetor."
Robert Warwick and a Stutz Bearcat Automobile
1916
Silent film star Robert Warwick in heavy fur coat and hat sits in the driver's seat of a Stutz Bearcat roadster for a publicity photograph. Original caption: "Ready to defy the speed laws."
Douglas Fairbanks and a Stutz Bearcat Automobile
1918
Silent film star Douglas Fairbanks stands in the cockpit of a Stutz Bearcat roadster.
Ella Hall and Robert Z. Leonard in a scene still
1916
Actress Ella Hall sits behind the wheel of an open roadster automobile, perhaps a Stutz Bearcat. Sitting beside her is Robert Z. Leonard costumed for a county bumpkin role. Behind them an angry far...
Pearl White and a White Duck
1919
Silent film star Pearl White holding a white duck. Original caption: "William Fox presents Pearl White in Photo Plays Supreme released through Fox Film Corporation."
Norman Kerry in a Roadster
September 1918
Silent film actor Norman Kerry leaning out the side of a roadster automobile. Original caption: "Norman Kerry, looking for tire trouble. He generally finds it."
