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"A Daughter of the Wolf" Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Snowy outdoor location scene still from the 1919 Famous Players silent film "A Daughter of the Wolf," featuring Lila Lee (playing Annette Ainsworth) and Cl...
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"An Innocent Adventuress" Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Vivian Martin (playing Lindy) confronts Togo the dog whom she has caught washing a toddler (or perhaps a doll) in a washtub in "An Innocent Adventuress" (L...
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"Birth of a Nation" Street Battle

Date: 1915
Description: Street scene from the film "The Birth of a Nation" featuring a battle between soldiers on foot and members of the Ku Klux Klan on horseback. The men on hor...
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Adelaide Woods and Myrtle Stedman Scene Still

Date: 1916
Description: Mrs. Cleave (played by Adelaide Woods) and her adopted daughter Ruth (Myrtle Stedman) are seated for a meal in their humble home in a scene still for "The ...
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James T. Kelley, Mildred Davis, Harold Lloyd, and Aggie Herring.

Date: 1921
Description: With the aid of a bear skin rug, Harold Lloyd tells an alarming hunting story in a scene still for "Among Those Present." From left to right the actors are...
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Olive Johnson, Violet Radcliffe, Francis Carpenter, and Teddy the Dog at the beach.

Date: 1915
Description: From left to right, digging in beach sand, are Olive Johnson, Violet Radcliffe, Teddy the Dog, and Francis Carpenter in a scene still for the 1915 silent s...
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Olive Johnson, Teddy the Dog, and Francis Carpenter look out to sea.

Date: 1915
Description: With their backs to the camera, Olive Johnson, Teddy the Dog, and Francis Carpenter stand on the shore and look out to sea in this scene still for the 1915...
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Teddy the Dog and Baby Guerin on the beach.

Date: 1915
Description: In this scene still for the 1915 silent short film "The Baby," Teddy the Dog lies on the beach and looks out at the Pacific. Baby Guerin has been placed on...
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Tom Mix, Kathryn Williams, and Joseph W. Girard in Selig scene still.

Date: 1911
Description: In this scene still from the 1911 Selig silent film "Back to the Primitive," a group of four men dressed for safari (pith helmets, jungle jackets, puttees)...
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Scene still with a donkey, Marion Fairbanks, Raymond Hitchcock, and Madeline Fairbanks

Date: 1922
Description: Raymond Hitchcock (in costume as Dr. Arbutus Budd pretending to be an Italian nobleman) is arm in arm with the Fairbanks Twins, Marion Fairbanks on the lef...
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Raymond Hitchcock and a dog in a scene still

Date: 1922
Description: Dr. Arbutus Budd, played by Raymond Hitchcock, is in his laboratory testing a new beauty formula on a forlorn Pekingese dog in a scene still for the silent...
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Julia Stuart, Alec B. Francis, and a dog in a scene still

Date: 1913
Description: On a rustic front porch sit the actors Julia Stuart and Alec B. Francis along with a husky dog in a scene still for the silent short drama "Big Hearted Jim...
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Kathlyn Williams and Wallace Reid, forest scene still

Date: 1917
Description: In the forest, Stella Benton (played by Kathlyn Williams in a striped skirt and white blouse) talks to Jack Fyfe (played by Wallace Reid in outdoors clothe...
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Jackie Saunders and a dog in a scene still

Date: 1917
Description: Actress Jackie Saunders plays with a white Russian wolfhound in a scene still for the silent drama "A Bit of Kindling." Saunders wears an interesting folk ...
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Olga Petrova and Mahlon Hamilton rural scene still

Date: 1916
Description: In a heavily retouched scene still for the silent drama "The Black Butterfly," Sonia Smirnov (played by Olga Petrova) and Alan Hall (Mahlon Hamilton) stand...

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